A Wrinkle in Time meets Brave New World in this thought-provoking debut graphic novel about one girl's quest to save her family's livelihood-and maybe existence itself.
Chloe and her older sister make souls by hand in an empty old house in the countryside. When their supply of breth-the raw material needed to make souls-runs dry, the evil McCorp tries to force them to franchise and make synthetic souls instead. Chloe sets out to the big city in hopes of finding a new source. And maybe a way to modernize their business that Lacey is so determined to keep in the past.
On a journey to find a real breth crop, untouched by MCorp's greedy hands, Chloe uncovers long-buried family secrets-and starts to question whom to trust and what reality even is.
A beautifully rendered debut, Soul Machine is at once a metaphysical science-fiction story and a nuanced exploration of big ideas: spirituality, family, consciousness, and connection, but also unscrupulous consumption, megacorporations, and how egomaniac entrepreneurs impact our lives.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Casts a critical philosophical eye on consumption and connection with visual panache."
-Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/25 "A compelling graphic novel about a girl's quest to save her family and the world."
-Foreword Reviews, 05/25 "Strong lines and mostly monochromatic, shifting color palettes create solidity amid the complexity of the narrative; the sisters' world is pleasantly both geometric and whimsical."
-Booklist, 05/01/25 "A layered, lyrical, and darkly funny tale that balances emotional vulnerability with philosophical inquiry." - Publishers Weekly, 05/22/25 "Visually arresting." -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, 06/25 "An intriguing book with multiple themes for readers to explore along Chloe's quest, this is an excellent choice for discussion groups and equally appealing for general graphic novel fans." - School Library Journal, 06/25 "[T]he book's greatest strength lies in Globerman's multifaceted, empathetic characters, with their complex motivations in a complicated world."
-The Horn Book Magazine, 09/2 "A thought-provoking journey that will leave teens thinking critically about the present-day world."
-Youth Services Book Review, 07/31/25
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Jugendliche
Interest Age: From 12 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 183 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-77321-959-2 (9781773219592)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
JORDANA GLOBERMAN is a comic book writer and illustrator based in Ottawa, Canada. She holds a Masters in Visual Arts from the University of the Arts London in England, where she majored in drawing anthropomorphic bears and drinking tea the proper way.
