![]() The game is structured like a standard shoot-’em-up video game, the object of which is to kill the Drau, aliens intent on invading and decimating Earth. Miki soon discovers that she’s been “pulled” away from her life (or, rather, the moment of her death), into an alternate reality the characters refer to as “the game.” But there are others in the clearing with her, including Luka, a boy from her school who was also struck by the pickup, and the enigmatic Jackson Tate. When she comes to in a grassy meadow, her injuries mysteriously healed, she at first believes she is dead. In the course of saving a young girl from being hit by a truck, Miki is critically injured. Miki is still struggling to regain some sense of normalcy when her world is thrown into an entirely different kind of chaos. In Rush, we meet Miki Jones, a smart, sarcastic teen who has endured the loss of her mother to cancer (“Lost my mom. ![]() ![]() ![]() But at their best, as with Toronto author Eve Silver’s first foray into writing for teens, they build their own mythologies based on solid plots, well-drawn characters, and clever storylines. At their worst, these female-led stories are clichéd Hunger Games copycats. ![]() The proliferation of YA novels featuring girls who kick ass continues to grow. ![]()
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