Friday, September 26, 2014

Origin

I started another book, It's called Origin by Jessica Khoury. It is about a girl, named Pia, whose family has been a part of a project to create the perfect, immortal child, using a special flower. When Pia was born she ended up being the one who had finally gotten the full effect of the flower, and she is immortal, and almost impossible to hurt. She also can't get sick. She lives in a place called Little Cam, in the Amazon forest. Little Cam is  a science facility filled with scientists who love her. She also has a pet jaguar named Alai, who lives in a menagerie. She is also supposed to be really pretty.
Her life seems almost perfect. There is just one catch. She isn't allowed to leave. She has to stay in Little Cam for her whole life. She seems almost like a prisoner. She is also not allowed to hear about the outside world. If anyone tells her anything, they get thrown out. She has intense training each day, to help enhance her already very strong skills and senses. She lives like a prisoner, and she really wants to see the outside world, but none of the scientists let her.
She had a birthday party once, and after her party was over, she had left Little Cam to see the outside world. She met a boy named Eio, who was fascinated with Alai. He was part of a native tribe, called the Ai'oa.
She went back home after a while, she knew she would get in trouble if she told anyone she left Little Cam. I feel bad for Pia, because she is trapped, and not allowed to leave. She may be perfect and immortal, but she is a prisoner.

1 comment:

  1. This kind of reminds me of when I was reading Room by Emma Donoghue. Such as when she was trapped and held captive in the room with her son Jack. While Jack had no idea what was outside, he still had a wild curiosity for the outside world. I can't really pick out of ours whose is really more intense because I feel like they have their own little source of it that neutralizes each other. Now I really want to read it.

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