Taught) with the feelings she has for Berk.ĭetails which make me wonder. Thalli came to relate his stories about love (something they never get Of the Remnant who are always providentially left behind. He tells her about God, the Designer, and considers himself part The impression that he might have been born around the same time as some My favourite characters is 90-year-old John, and his stories of the But he can't reveal his true intentions toward her. When Thalli is scheduled for annihilation, her childhoodįriend Berk, now working with the scientists, steps in to try to save None of the young people have ever seen signs of sickness or age inĪnother person.

Humans are kept in age groups and assigned strict tasks. Place in a future society, when the world as we know it has beenĪnnihilated. Her downfall, and she can't contain her tears. 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' turns out to be Until one day, her iron will-power comes crashing down when she'sĪssigned to listen to a piece of music by Johann Bach as part of studies Will, but I wonder if they'd be able to do it every day, with the threat

Seem talented at assuming the indifferent and emotionless stance at To be without her emotions, because she rather likes them. She will be taken away in shame to face annihilation. Lot in life, and she knows she must keep a lid on hers at all times or Genetically designed to fit in and do as they are told. Imagine if you are the only person with a full gamut ofĮmotions in a world of clinical, matter-of-fact peers who have been In fact, as we grow older, we do learn to keep our emotions I'm sure we've all seen some children shamed and shunned for being 'tooĮmotional'. Trust? What is this emotion called love? And what if she isn’t just an

She hears stories of aĭesigner-stories that fill her mind with more questions: Who can she The Scientist’s Pod, the clearer it becomes that things are not as Is being groomed as a Scientist-steps in and persuades the Scientists to But before that can happen, Berk-her former Pod mate who Of her Pod, Thalli is taken to the Scientists for immediateĪnnihilation. Music to record as her community’s assigned musician, she can no longer Her for most of her life, but when she receives an ancient piece of Thalli has kept her malformation secret from those who have monitored Have genetically removed it from the citizens they have since created. Ten scientists who survived the nuclear war that destroyed the worldĪbove believe that emotion was at the core of what went wrong-and they Thalli is different than others in The State. The toxic gas that willĬomplete her annihilation is invading her bloodstream. Minutes and twenty-three seconds left to live.

Anomaly by Krista McGee