Written by the newly-appointed Laureate na nÓg (Ireland’s Children’s Literature Laureate) A gripping high-concept speculative middle-grade novel from the award-winning author of Bumpfizzle, the Best on Planet Earth and The List Aria lives on a well-ordered planet whose people have eradicated illness and even death. Earth is their ‘shadow planet’ which they populated with humans centuries ago so they could study them and learn from their experiences. Now the experiment is coming to an end and Aria must go to Earth with her scientist father to set off a train of events which will destroy its people. Brought up to believe that humans are inferior, Aria is shocked to discover that she is herself half human, and amazed to find that Earth-dwellers live life to the full and feel love for each other, even though they are mortal. But once she understands this, how can she save them, and herself, from destruction?
Patricia Forde lives in Galway in the west of Ireland. She has been writing for children for most of her adult life. She started out writing television drama and now writes children’s books in both English and Irish. The List, published in 2017, was her first novel. The second book in that series, The Last Lie, will be available in August 2020. Patricia is married to Padraic and has two almost grown up children and one very demanding dog.
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