Leeta Simtar

<h3><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In a universe governed by controlled narratives and cultural erasure Fox delivers an empowering reminder to embrace individuality and dare to fight for change. -<em>BookLife by Publishers Weekly (Editor's Pick)</em></strong></h3><h3><strong>A rousing tale about a young woman coming to terms with an unresolved past</strong><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>.</strong><strong> <em>-Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></h3><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For fans of Alechia Dow and Pittacus Lore comes <em>Leeta Simtar: A Life on Two Planets</em>-the latest book from young adult author Annie Fox about an interspecies hybrid looking to find herself on a new planet.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A coming-of-age story that explores the meaning of birth family and found family <em>Leeta Simtar </em>shows readers how breaking out of the past can help us figure out where we're going next. </strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Leeta Simtar isn't the only interspecies hybrid on the planet Fure though she is without a doubt noticeably different from all the others. Not only is she impossibly tall and wildly unpredictable she leads with her feelings in contrast to everyone else's steady calm and logical demeanor. When Leeta's offended she rages and attacks. When something touches her deeply she gushes and weeps. No wonder she has always believed something's wrong with her because clearly she doesn't belong on Fure.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When Leeta suddenly finds out that what she's believed about herself is a lie she is more than ready to discover the truth. Since no one on Fure is talking her only hope is to go rogue and find her own answers. She travels forty light years in search of others like herself-assuming there </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>are</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> others.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With just eight days to unearth her origin story Leeta follows clues that lead her across time and space hoping to find where she truly belongs. Readers of young adult science fiction speculative/what-if fiction and coming-of-age stories will connect to Leeta's intergalactic adventure. They'll be rooting for her to get what she needs whether that means returning to Fure armed with the truth staying in a far away place with her new found family or finding home within her own heart.</span></p>