Their residents, in exchange, must spend at least a third of their time in stasis pods, conducting business virtually whenever possible to reduce their environmental footprint. With natural disasters on the rise due to climate change, eco-cities provide clean air, water, and shelter. In a world apart, 16-year-old STEM prodigy Kasey Mizuhara lives in an eco-city built for people who protected the planet?and now need protecting from it. All she knows is that somewhere out there, beyond the horizon, she has a sister named Kay, and it's up to Cee to cross the ocean and find her. Set in a climate-ravaged future, Joan He's beautifully written novel follows the story of two sisters, separated by an ocean, desperately trying to find each other.Ĭee has been trapped on an abandoned island for three years without any recollection of how she arrived, or memories from her life prior. Lockhart, The Ones We're Meant to Find is a gripping and heartfelt YA sci-fi with mind-blowing twists. Gripping, heartfelt, and joyously cerebral, this is a story to dive into and let its twisting currents pull you into a strange, clever, and startlingly original world.Perfect for fans of Marie Lu and E. "Much like the floating cities within its pages, this book is a perfect synthesis of high-tech futurism and dreamlike imagery. This is sci-fi at its best: floating cities, kindness and desert islands!" - Lauren James, author of The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker
"In a climate-ravaged future, the love between two sisters is the only hope for humanity's future. Joan He's words will stay with you long after the final page." - Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Skyhunter "I fell in love with this haunting, futuristic world and the sisters searching for each other in it. "A melancholy, heartbreaking story of a young woman who loved her sister enough to survive years of horrors in order to get back to her.It's painful stuff, beautifully written, and He gives that suffering the space it deserves in this reflective novel." - The Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books
An intriguing foray into a devastating future-and yet one where hope abides." - Kirkus Reviews Readers who puzzle through this world will find a curious struggle that may answer the question of whether humanity is worth saving.
"The pacing is maddeningly slow at first, but midway through, the action accelerates, racing to a breathless end. "He crafts an intricate, well-paced rumination on human nature, choice, and consequence." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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