by Nicole Kornher-Stace (eBook)
Archivist Wasp is one of the most ambitious genre blends I’ve
encountered. This young adult novel starts with a post apocalyptic Earth, turns
into a wonderland journey, and also looks back at a military science fiction
past just before the apocalypse. It shouldn’t work, but it does.
Wasp is a town outcast because of her job as,
more or less, a ghost buster. Wandering spirits are real troublemakers in this
world and it’s her job to capture them and study them for clues about the past.
Unfortunately, the ghosts tends to be very dull. One day per year, she has to
fight several girls to the death who want her job. She killed her own
predecessor with poison blades, which is why she got stuck with “Wasp.” It’s
all utterly miserable until she encounters a ghost who not only talks, but
wants her to go on a quest to find another ghost. Then it gets far more weird.
If you enjoy the kind of book where the modest
hero transforms on a journey and then comes home in a whole different league
(e.g. The Lord of the Rings),
check this out. I’d also recommend it to teen+ fans of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book.
( official Nicole Kornher-Stace web
site )
Recommended by Garren H.
Bennett Martin Public Library — Public Service
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