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Synopsis
The heroine is fourteen-year-old Pella Marsh, whose mother dies just as her family flees a postapocalyptic Brooklyn for the frontier of a recently discovered planet. Hating her ineffectual father, and troubled by a powerful attraction to the virile but dangerous loner who holds sway over the little colony, Pella sets out on a course of discovery that will have tragic and irrevocable consequences for the humans in the community, as well as the odd and exotic natives. Girl in Landscape is a daring exploration of the violent nature of sexual awakening, a meditation on language and perception, and a homage to the great American tradition of the western.
Girl in Landscape: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
This literary sci-fi novel explores a 14-year-old's violent sexual awakening on a frontier planet with adult themes including dangerous attraction to an older man, colonization violence, and tragic consequences. The content is sophisticated and mature despite the young protagonist.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, moderate sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include death of parent, grief, and sexual awakening (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens interested in literary fiction will find a challenging coming-of-age story set on an alien frontier with complex themes about identity and perception.