Friday, September 26, 2014

Reading Response Two

Starters





 
     This photo is real but it portrays the war zone America had become after the spore misiles had been shot.

     Starter's is an amazing book by Lisa Price. In the book there has been a war with the use of biological weapons. These weapons killed anyone who was not vaccinated. And thanks to shortages, only people under the age of twenty and above the age of sixty were vaccinated. This resulted in many orphaned, or unclaimed, teenagers who can not work because of a law saving jobs for those above the age of nineteen. The book fallows Callie, an unclaimed teenager whose parents died from a spore attack, as she tries to support herself and her little brother Taylor. She attempts to get money by renting out her body. No she's not a prostitute, she works for a place called Prime Destinations, or the body bank as it is called. They put the conciseness of an older person into the teenagers body and allows them to go out and do whatever they want. Besides anything illegal or having sex. She agrees to the job after the place she had been squatting at was bought and she was forced to leave. However, on her third rental something happens. She suddenly wakes up in a night club and doesn't know anything that's happened. All she knows is that her rental is far from over. From time to time her renter takes over or communicates telepathically. She learns of a plan to kill a Senator to end the body bank scandal. She attempts to stop her and later attempts to help in a less violent way.

     “Did Cinderella ever consider fessing up to the prince, that night she was enjoying herself in the fancy ball gown? Did she even think of telling him, oh, by the way, Prince, the coach isn’t mine, I’m really a filthy little barefoot servant on borrowed time? No. She took her moment. And then went quietly away after midnight.”

     This quote is talking about how she's not who she says she is and how she didn't tell her love interest that, but instead left when he wasn't looking. This turns out to be a big deal in the book as yu later find out information about him. He also becomes a big help to her. The love twist at the end is really big on this quote but I can't ruin anything. 

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