Hull Metal Girls by Emily Skrutskie - OPTIONAL

Hull Metal Girls by Emily Skrutskie, 311 pages.  Delacorte (Random), 2018.  $18. 9781524770198

Language: R (44 swears, 24 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG (implied sex); Violence: PG (some fighting)

BUYING ADVISORY:  MS, HS - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

Aisha is desperate to help her little brother – so desperate that she allows the government to transform her into a Scela – a humanoid mechanical charged with upholding order with the vast space-faring fleet that is all that’s left of the human race. Key on the other hand doesn’t remember her life before being transformed, which can be a huge problem when forming a bonding with a group.  Each group member, but especially Key and Aisha have secrets they are eager to keep from the others.  Then they stumble on a secret that the highest level of the Fleet will do anything to stop from being revealed.

If you have a science fiction reading clientele, then you definitely need this.  I’d give this to anyone who has finished Ender’s Game or military fiction.  The action is both mental and physical – very compelling.

Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS