Recommendation: Light Years by Emily Ziff Griffin
This is the review I posted on Goodreads (4/4.5 Stars):
This amazing, lyrical science fiction YA novel tells the story of a brilliant, sensitive, and creative teenage girl named Luisa, who has just been accepted into a high profile internship program as a result of her computer coding skills. But Luisa’s plans change abruptly when a mysterious virus erupts that affects thousands of people, including her best friend and her father. Luisa, her brother Ben, and their friends Kamal and Phoebe go on a cross-country journey to try to find a cure and to save the world, before it’s too late. Luisa gets hints in the form of mysterious poems, and she has to learn to trust faith and intuition that go beyond science and logic. Along the way, she better understands the positive side of her condition, which is seeing waves of color when her emotions run high. This book has depth, suspense, intriguing characters, and an engaging plot that moves along like a gripping action film. Highly recommended for older adolescents.
On a personal note, I will add that I could relate to the book because of the family relationships aspect of it. As is not atypical of teenagers, Luisa has a complicated relationship with her parents, but she learns to appreciate them more during the course of a novel. Also, a close friend of hers also seems to evolve into more of a romantic interest as the book progresses, which I also think is an intriguing plot line for adolescents and young women. Luisa is intelligent, open minded, and open about her opinions, which is why I think she is a good role model for adolescents and young women. She becomes more self-confident as the book progresses, and this is a coming of age story in addition to a YA speculative fiction novel. It comes out soon, as I was lucky enough to receive an ARC, so please stock your shelves with it!
This amazing, lyrical science fiction YA novel tells the story of a brilliant, sensitive, and creative teenage girl named Luisa, who has just been accepted into a high profile internship program as a result of her computer coding skills. But Luisa’s plans change abruptly when a mysterious virus erupts that affects thousands of people, including her best friend and her father. Luisa, her brother Ben, and their friends Kamal and Phoebe go on a cross-country journey to try to find a cure and to save the world, before it’s too late. Luisa gets hints in the form of mysterious poems, and she has to learn to trust faith and intuition that go beyond science and logic. Along the way, she better understands the positive side of her condition, which is seeing waves of color when her emotions run high. This book has depth, suspense, intriguing characters, and an engaging plot that moves along like a gripping action film. Highly recommended for older adolescents.
On a personal note, I will add that I could relate to the book because of the family relationships aspect of it. As is not atypical of teenagers, Luisa has a complicated relationship with her parents, but she learns to appreciate them more during the course of a novel. Also, a close friend of hers also seems to evolve into more of a romantic interest as the book progresses, which I also think is an intriguing plot line for adolescents and young women. Luisa is intelligent, open minded, and open about her opinions, which is why I think she is a good role model for adolescents and young women. She becomes more self-confident as the book progresses, and this is a coming of age story in addition to a YA speculative fiction novel. It comes out soon, as I was lucky enough to receive an ARC, so please stock your shelves with it!
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