Origin

By Jessica Khoury

Book Overview

Pia has always known her destiny. She is meant to start a new race, a line of descendants who will bring an end to death. She has been bred for no other purpose, genetically engineered to be immortal and raised by a team of scientists in a secret compound hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest. Now those scientists have begun to challenge her, with the goal of training her to carry on their dangerous work. For as long as she can remember, Pia's greatest desire has been to fulfill their expectations. But then one night she finds a hole in the impenetrable fence that surrounds her sterile home. Free in the jungle for the first time in her life, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Unable to resist, she continues sneaking out to see him. As they fall in love, they begin to piece together the truth about Pia's origin--a truth with nothing less than deadly consequences that will change their lives forever. Origin is a beautifully told, electric new way to look at an age-old desire: to live forever. But is eternal life worth living if you can't spend it with the one you love?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595145966
• ISBN13: 9781595145963
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Razorbill
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

'Perfect is as perfect does' -Origin

I've been wanting to read this book for a long, long, long time now. I remember seeing it in my high school library and being tempted to read the overview. I remember the main points that I read, even after all this time. Now that I got the chance to buy it I made sure to not read the overview. The starting idea is great. I was pulled in and even got somewhat inspired by this book so many years ago. The story is very good and doesn't seem to fall. It attracted me and kept me reading. It has romance in it but doesn't side track to it. It's all well focused, in my opinion.The characters aren't 2 dimensional. The main character is very well build and it was easy to connect to her and see how she's still human regardless of everyone else telling her that she's perfect. Perfect is in the eyes of the beholder. I would totally recommend this book. It did not disappoint me.