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Author: Liz Gruder
SUMMARY
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Starseed concerns a sixteen-year-old girl who falls in love with a starseed boy who reveals that she, too, is half extraterrestrial, and is forced to choose her allegiance between Earth and her star family.
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Kaila Guidry has always known she is different. When she meets Jordyn Stryker at school, she finds out just how different.
Jordyn was born and raised far from Earth, a starseed, one of six new students sent to Louisiana's Bush High to learn human ways. But Jordyn didn't count on meeting someone like Kaila.
When Kaila is pushed to her limit by high school bullying and cruelty, Jordyn awakens her to a new reality—and to love. But to prove herself, Kaila must look the other way as the real purposes of the starseeds unfold.
As the horrific plan behind the starseed visit to Earth moves inexorably forward, Kaila and Jordan, caught in an impossible love, must determine where their true loyalties lie.
Starseed Excerpt
Kaila marveled at the rugged, orange planet etched
with ridges, mountains, and craters. Melted ground shimmered around a
large crater, for Venus was hot, close to the sun.
“The highland area at the equator,” Jordyn pointed, “is Aphrodite Terra. Do you remember Aphrodite?”
Kaila scanned her photographic memory. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.
Jordyn’s face and body
appeared red-orange in the fierce glow emitted from Venus. “And now,
here, before me, is Aphrodite reborn.” Jordyn stared at Kaila earnestly;
his fingers tightened over hers. “She was quite beautiful, as you are.”
Kaila
flushed; no one had ever told her she was beautiful. She faced Jordyn,
whose eyes again looked like an intelligent owl’s with immense black
pupils. His eyes devoured her every nuance. She felt inexplicably drawn
toward this boy-man, wise beyond his years. She wanted to dive deeper
into those unfathomable eyes. She sensed if she dropped into those eyes
she’d travel through a portal into the beyond, some place like she
hovered in now. She would face herself, through him, realizing union and
home.
“We are not all human,”
Jordyn spoke to Kaila’s mind. “We are a blend of human and what you call
alien— beings from another place in the universe. This is what makes us
special. And what makes us different. You are like us, Kaila. This is
why we felt connected from the moment we met. You’ve always felt
different— and lonely— we know. We understand.”
They floated in space, between Venus and the sun. Kaila’s heart glowed, warm as that sun. He knew her; he understood her.Praise
"After reading Starseed, my faith in YA sci-fi has been restored! ... I didn't want to put it down ... it had enough mystery and suspense to keep me going, page after page. Superb job 4.5 out of 5!"
-- The Forbidden Library Book Reviews
"I would recommend this book to all sci-fi lovers and, to those who aren't into it, take a chance. Who knows? You may love this book just as much as I did! Liz Gruder is definitely an author you should keep a look out for as she has great talent in writing and a huge imagination. Starseed was a wonderful read and very different from other books I've read. It was a very nice change from what I usually read and kept me enticed all the way."
--Starlight Book Reviews
"Interesting read. A lot like Roswell, but different. Gruder does a great job building the dark mystery of what the aliens are really up to on earth."
--Charity Bradford, sci-fi author, "The Magic Wakes"
“The story caught me off guard and won me over after the first chapter. The main conflict is a personal one for Kalia. Will she embrace her alien side or continue life as a human?”
--Pixie Dust Book Reviews
Starseed is a fun sci-fi read with romance. It brings light to the cliques of high school, and challenges the main character, Kaila, to be herself, instead of how others expect her to be.
--Kerri Cuevas, YA Author "Deadly Kisses"
"Liz Gruder's characters come alive through youthful, spunky narrative, and her headstrong heroine, Kaila Guidry, elicits a reader's encouragement from the first page. Fans of P.C. Cast will find themselves similarly transported into Gruder's exploration of the dark sides of faith, love, higher dimensions, and, of course, high school."
-- Jadie Jones, YA author "Moonlit"
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As a youth, Liz Gruder saw a series of UFOs with her best friend while riding bikes. Ever since, she’s held a fascination for the stars. An avid reader, she used to hide under her covers and read with a flashlight. She has degrees in English and Psychology from Tulane University, a nursing license and a yoga certification. After going through Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Liz realized how short life is and is now slowly fulfilling her bucket list: she’s been to the Egyptian pyramids (totally awesome and thought provoking) and is now teaching yoga and writing speculative fiction. Starseed is her debut novel.
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