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Adaptation

Malinda Lo

Ages 14–18

Readers rate it 3.2 (38 on Hardcover)

252 pages · Released Sep 18, 2012

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Adaptation parent’s guide: what’s inside

High confidence

Substance use

What it offers

Educational value

A note for parents

Adaptation is a science-fiction thriller featuring a government conspiracy and alien contact, with moderate violence including a serious car accident, gun use, and bird/animal deaths. The story centers on a same-sex romance between two girls and includes some sexual tension and kissing. While the pacing is tense and there are conspiracy elements, the violence is not graphic and the tone is more mystery-driven than horror. Best suited for mid-to-older teens comfortable with LGBTQ+ themes and dystopian suspense.

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From the publisher

Across North America, flocks of birds hurl themselves into airplanes, causing at least a dozen to crash. Thousands of people die. Fearing terrorism, the United States government grounds all flights, and millions of travelers are stranded. Among them are Reese and her debate team partner and longtime crush David, who ar... Across North America, flocks of birds hurl themselves into airplanes, causing at least a dozen to crash. Thousands of people die. Fearing terrorism, the United States government grounds all flights, and millions of travelers are stranded. Among them are Reese and her debate team partner and longtime crush David, who are in Arizona when the disaster occurs. On their drive home to San Francisco, along a stretch of empty highway in the middle of the Nevada night, a bird flies into their headlights. The car flips over. When they wake up in a military hospital, the doctor won't tell them what happened, where they are--or how they've been miraculously healed. Things become even stranger when Reese returns home. San Francisco feels like a different place with police enforcing curfew, hazmat teams collecting dead birds, and a strange presence that seems to be following her. When Reese unexpectedly collides with the beautiful Amber Gray, her search for the truth is forced in an entirely new direction-and threatens to expose a vast global conspiracy that the government has worked for decades to keep secret. Adaptation is a bold contemporary science-fiction thriller from the acclaimed author of Ash.

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  • Young Adult Fiction
  • A mix driven
  • Weak Character Development
  • Unloveable Characters
  • Diverse Characters
  • tense
  • mysterious
  • LGBTQ
  • Young Adult
  • Fiction
  • Science Fiction
  • Romance

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ISBN 9780316214469 · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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