Origin -

Jessica Khoury

Razorbill

2012

396 páginas

13h 12m

ISBN-13: 9781595145956

Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home--and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life.

Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia's origin--a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever.

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4 (Muito bom)

I'm from Brazil and I really don't think FUNAI (National Indian Foundation (Brazil)) would agree with americans installing labs in the middle of the Amazon and sacrificing the indians in a search for immortality. But then again, maybe this is just me. Oh, and it's usually how Fiction goes, right?
Apart from that, have you guys SEEN Brazilian indians??? Let me tell you something: USA's Native Americans have such beautiful faces, with strong jaws and well-built bodies, they have long, wonderful black hair and are just, well, so much hotter than Brazilian indians. Our indians are butt-ugly. There, I've said it. I'm Brazilian and I should know.
I get it that Eio is supposed to be a half-breed and super hot because of it, but that was hard to swallow.
Oh, and for someone who was supposed to be SO much more intelligent than ordinary humans, Pia sure was stupid.
The book was interesting, nonetheless. And the writing was quite captivating.