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Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. Penguin Random House Klara is an AF, or artificial friend, who is waiting to be chosen by a child or teenager. She sits in her store and takes in the world as she sees it, learning more and more as time passes. Eventually, Klara is chosen by Josie and goes home with her. Her “life” is much changed with Josie and much of it revolves around how unwell Josie is. I really enjoyed much of the first part of the book. Klara had a charming innocence about her along with a desire to learn so much. The latter parts were not as appealing…
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SHARD: Book One of the Shard Trilogy
Kaia Davis has a real future in sight as she travels to France for a foreign exchange visit. She’s been passed around foster parents for almost all her life but none of those placements has stuck. But this experience might be the one to turn things around for her. Then she’s flagged as a terrorist on arrival at Charles de Gaulle airport only to be whisked away by another teenager, Connor, to a secret organisation where teens with special powers help rid the world of crime. Or something along those lines. It’s not long before she comes to know several peers who already seem like a real family to her.…