![]() ![]() And, of course, there's the always appealing love-interest side story. Ben Schrank, publisher of Razorbill, told The Atlantic Wire, "What we love about Origin is that the story is entirely new, but feels like it’s been around for a long, long time.” Though it's not the same sort of dystopia as depicted in, say, The Hunger Games, nor are there kids fighting each other in televised games to the death, there's a similar feeling of a young woman in a futuristic yet maybe not-too-far-off environment, uncovering truths about herself and making difficult decisions. ![]() circles talking and got the folks at Penguin so excited they moved up the release date for what they consider one of the biggest Y.A. It's a thrilling, fast-paced read that has Y.A. Together they race against the clock to uncover the truth about Pia's origin. On the eve of her 17th birthday our heroine sneaks out of the compound and meets a boy from a nearby village, Eio, for whom she has an unmistakable attraction. Out this week from Penguin's Razorbill imprint, it's called Origin. It's the story of Pia, a girl engineered as the initial member of a new immortal race by scientists who run a secret lab in the Amazon rainforest. novels this fall is by 22-year-old debut author Jessica Khoury. This article is from the archive of our partner. ![]()
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