It was like a breath of fresh air. Your book is extremely entertaining, but also scientific and historical and I think it will be a book that changes the way kids look at school. Yet, it’s fun!
You briefly touch on the legacy of MLK, which funnily enough is something I needed to write about for a scholarship essay. I love that you touch on such an inspirational person, and that kids can realize what an influential impact he had on the world. Also, you start talking about King in the start of the book and how Granny was actually part of the civil rights movement – so unique! I love that she was actually involved and that she was a powerful woman.
Throughout the book, you have the excitement of the spies, and the International Spy Museum, which is something that I think will specially excite the young readers. Everyone loves spies! And the connection of Harriet Tubman and spies is awesome!
The focus on the CRISPR-Cas9 at first I thought was overbearing, but quickly I began to realize that it was necessary and that it actually was not overbearing. It was talked about enough to build up all of the excitement about it in the book and to understand everything that it did. Also, it’s awesome! Not stereotypical, and not too common (which in my eyes is a really good thing).
To conclude, this book was amazing. The history, the science, and the story was all great. And the connection between all of them, the connections that YOU make, are, like I said before, a breath of fresh air. I congratulate you on this amazing piece of work and hope to see more of your work on bookshelves. Thank you for giving me the great honor of reading this before the release.
Elisa, High School Student
