The Ilori are keeping the few remaining humans alive and imprisoned in their apartment complex.Īnd while she's grateful to be alive - and have her mother and father with her - she knows that there is something sinister lurking just below the surface.Įllie knows all the rules - no free thinking, no talking after hours, no moving from her bed past curfew.and yet, so draws the line at books.

Survive for us.'Janelle aka Ellie is one of the few survivors who made it through the first few waves of the Ilori alien invasion. 'If we get separated and you have to choose between life and joining us, choose life, okay? Live. So excited about this Booktube video - all about the Top 10 Books of 2020 (so far). The two embark on a wild and dangerous road trip with a bag of books and their favorite albums, all the while creating a story and a song of their own that just might save them both. M0Rr1S has a lot of secrets, but also a potential solution-thousands of miles away. They’re both breaking the rules for the love of art-and Ellie inspires the same feelings in him that music does.Įllie’s-and humanity’s-fate rests in the hands of an alien she should fear. The trouble is, he finds himself drawn to human music and in desperate need of more. When he finds Ellie’s illegal library, he’s duty-bound to deliver her for execution. When a book goes missing, Ellie is terrified that the Ilori will track it back to her and kill her.īorn in a lab, M0Rr1S was raised to be emotionless. Music, art and books are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library. With humans deemed dangerously volatile because of their initial reaction to the invasion, emotional expression can be grounds for execution. Seventeen-year-old Janelle “Ellie” Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the deaths of one-third of the world’s population. Don’t miss this spectacular debut novel… Can a girl who risks her life for books and an alien who loves forbidden pop music work together to save humanity? This road trip is truly out of this world! A beautiful and thrilling read for fans of Marie Lu and Veronica Roth.

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