To Be Human
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Last published Sat, Nov 23, 2013
It's the year 3001, and 16-year-old Katrina St. Claire has MUCH more to worry about than boys, school, and friend drama, although she wishes she didn't. For a few years now, the humans have been outnumbered by Earth's newest creation: Namuhs. These sub-human "robot-like" creatures think they have everything anyone could ever want: to be immortal. Who needs body parts when you can simply be programmed by computers and forget the worry of getting hurt (physically and emotionally) or losing your life? It's concerning to the humans that the Namuh species lacks emotion and feeling, that they feel as if every person needs to be able to enjoy life to the fullest. As more and more humans are getting the surgery, the St. Claire family promises to stand together as one, and to escape the conversion, even if they're sent to the Human Homes Community once their kind drops to only 50. But how easy will this be? Furthermore, why is everyone so tempted by these creatures? The St. Claire's will have to go figure out the deep underlying secrets that Namuhs are hiding, and try to convince the remaining of their kind to not make the biggest mistake of their lives.
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