![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this new order of things, librarians are heroes, running an informal network of information about the missing children, the details scribbled onto scraps of paper and pressed between the pages of the few remaining books. Nicknamed Bird by his mother, the boy has promised to forget her, but cannot get her out of his mind after receiving a mysterious drawing of cats that recalls the fanciful stories she used to tell him.Īnimatronic dragon bursts into flames during Disneyland show The family’s only books at home are the least offensive imaginable - dictionaries. Noah’s father works stacking a dwindling supply of books at the university library as more and more books are banned. Noah Gardner is a 12-year-old boy living alone with his father Ethan three years after his mother, Margaret Miu, has left, her whereabouts unknown.Īfter a period of civil violence and economic hardship known as the “crisis,” marked by widespread looting and cities set ablaze, a law known as PACT - Preserving American Customs and Traditions - requires people to adhere to strict rules of behavior. “Our Missing Hearts,” by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press)Ĭeleste Ng takes us into a dystopian future where people are judged on their embrace of American “customs and traditions” and people of Asian descent are viewed with suspicion, sometimes even hate. ![]() This image released by Penguin Press shows "Our Missing Hearts" by Celeste Ng. ![]()
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