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Gr 8 Up—All great heroes begin with mythical origins. Fifteen-year-old Kavali is no exception. When she was a baby, she was abandoned on a sidewalk, swaddled in a T-shirt with a lizard printed on the front. Since then, she has questioned her true identity. Is she a boy or a girl? A lizard or a human? This work is set in the not-too-distant future, in which the government closely monitors gen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

“In a world similar to ours with some genetic twists and decisional turns,” Kivali Kerwin is forced to attend CropCamp, an agricultural youth training program run by the government, SayFree Gov. At fifteen, she is younger than the rest of the at-risk campers, all of whom are working for the certification that will keep them out of Blight, a dangerous, ungoverned community composed of criminals and nonconforming citizens. Additionally, Kivali—an orphan whose bohemian guardian raise...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Fifteen-year-old orphan Kivali, possibly dropped on Earth by an alien lizard race, is a "midrange bender": an androgynous youth forced to ch...Log In or Sign Up to Read More