Author: Shannon Messenger
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Aladdin)
Publishing Date: 2012
Length: 488 Pages
Summary: (From book) Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster has a secret. She's a Telepath-someone who hears the thoughts of everyone around her. It's a talent she's never known how to explain.
Everything changes the day she meets Fitz, a boy who appears out of nowhere and also reads minds. She discovers there's somewhere she does belong; and that staying with her family will put her in grave danger. In the blink of an eye, Sophie is forced to leave behind everything and start a new life in a place that is vastly different than anything she has ever known.
Sophie has new rules to learn and new skills to master, and not everyone is thrilled that she has come "home." There are secrets buried deep in Sophie's memory-secrets about who she really is and why she was hidden among humans-that other people desperately want. Would even kill for.
My Thoughts: *squee* This book was amazing!! I stumbled across the author's blog on Tuesday and picked up the book yesterday at Barnes & Noble after reading 100 pages of it there first. Here's the big secret though, the book apparently doesn't release until next week, so why the book store had it out already, I don't know, but I'm so glad they did because I seriously adored this book. I read the whole thing this morning. Couldn't put it down.
Sophie is a wonderful, lovable little girl and her emotions and concerns were very real. I nearly cried in the store at one point. I found her innocence and open curiosity about everything to be endearing and I loved learning everything along with her.
Fitz was a sweet boy, I adore him, but I can't pick favorites between the other boys of the group. The author created very real and very lovable people.
One thing I did notice, was that there seemed to be an unconscious swing towards making girls the somewhat clichéd means girls typical to school life. I didn't feel it was necessary and would have liked to have seen a bit of a gender trade with the bullying. But that is a very small complaint compared to the genius of this book.
I am really hoping/praying/wishing for a sequel.
Things To Be Cautious Of: NOTHING! WOO. Unless, a bit of a downplay on the human race and mentioning of secret society isn't your thing.
What I learned: It's ok to be different.
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