Yongje Park

Aug 26, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Yongje Park |Wab Kinew |Stephan Lee

A thrilling, high-tech page-turner with deep roots. A teen navigates different worlds: real and virtual, colonized and Indigenous. In the near-future real world, Bugz’s family has clout in the community—her mom is their first modern-day woman chief, her father’s a highly admired man, and her older brother is handsome and accomplished. Socially awkward Bugz, by contrast, feels more successful in the virtual gaming world of the Floraverse, where she has amassed tremendous power.