Cleo Porter and the Body Electric

By Jake Burt

A girl must break isolation to deliver life-saving medicine in a sealed world.

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277 pages· 58,443 words· Est. 8 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

In a future sealed off from the world, twelve-year-old Cleo Porter faces an impossible choice. A package meant for someone else contains medicine crucial for a stranger's survival. Trained as a surgeon, Cleo knows time is running out, but leaving her isolated apartment is forbidden. As she grapples with the decision, Cleo must confront the risks of venturing into the unknown. Will she defy the rules to save a life, or remain safe but alone? The clock is ticking, and Cleo's courage will be tested in ways she never imagined.

From the publisher

Jake Burt’s Cleo Porter and the Body Electric presents a future forever changed by a pandemic, where a girl survives in total isolation. A woman is dying. Cleo Porter has her medicine. And no way to deliver it. Like everyone else, twelve-year-old Cleo and her parents are sealed in an apartment without windows or doors. They never leave. They never get visitors. Their food is dropped off by drones. So they’re safe. Safe from the disease that nearly wiped humans from the earth. Safe from everything. The trade-off? They’re alone. Thus, when they receive a package clearly meant for someone else–a package containing a substance critical for a stranger’s survival–Cleo is stuck. As a surgeon-in-training, she knows the clock is ticking. But people don’t leave their units. Not ever. Until now.

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