She and her younger brother have been living on the streets since their parents died during the Spore Wars.
Life is difficult if you’re a Starter but it’s far worse if you’re an unclaimed minor. This led to society being split into two distinct groups: the Starters (people under the age of 20) and the Enders (people above the age of 60). that resulted in the deaths of everyone between the ages of 20 and 60. During this conflict, a biological agent was released in the U.S. The one most relevant here were the Spore Wars. You can leave your body and take over someone else’s while their consciousness “sleeps.” Unfortunately, not all technology has positive, or even neutral, uses.Īt some point, wars took place all over the world. In the future, technology has made great advances. Upon completing it, however, I realized it was less dystopian and more science fiction. When I first heard of your novel, I was given the impression it was just another dystopian. But sometimes I wonder if that’s because they genuinely fall into that category or are just being placed there for marketing purposes. It seems like so many titles fitting the category are coming out these days.
The YA dystopian subgenre is fast becoming glutted. It feels almost like a fairy tale, until Callie discovers that her renter intends to do more than party-and that Prime Destinations’ plans are more evil than Callie could ever have imagined.Jia B Reviews Delacorte Press / dystopian / Los Angeles / Science Fiction / Young-Adult 6 Comments But the neurochip they place in Callie’s head malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her renter, living in her mansion, driving her cars, and going out with a senator’s grandson. Callie, desperate for the money that will keep her, Tyler, and Michael alive, agrees to be a donor. He hires teens to rent their bodies to Enders-seniors who want to be young again. Callie’s only hope is Prime Destinations, a disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as the Old Man. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who would kill them for a cookie. Video courtesy of RandomBooks: Survival is just the beginning.Ĭallie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. Add this book to your collection: Starters
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