The Kindle edition is available for pre-order on Amazon and releases July 27. see it here
I was lucky enough to win an advance review copy in an online contest. I liked it enough that I intend to purchase a paper copy. It's the sort of book you can read more than once.
Warning: despite the age of the protagonist, this is definitely not a children's book.
I was expecting a continuation of Other Systems, with more about Abby or at least the Khlorasons and
Kiposans. To my surprise, Guizzetti went back to dysfunctional, overcrowded
earth, and back to the Seattle library, to tell the story of another young
girl: one too young to be chosen for immigration to Kipos. I was only
momentarily disappointed, because I soon found myself engrossed in Ellie's
saga.
Guizzetti is something of a modern-day Dickens, exposing the
seamy underside of her extrapolated world, but still offering a gleam of hope
and kindness here and there. Ellie, like Abby of Other Systems, is a survivor: clever, determined and courageous. She
takes the worst that life can throw at her, and still maintains a certain
innocence, a willingness to love and trust others. The supporting cast is
well-fleshed out and there are interesting secondary plots. The continuing
adventure is a page-turner (screen-scroller?) but there is emotional engagement
as well. I confess I was a bit teary-eyed at the end.
