young readers
Exo
In his imaginative debut novel, Jordi Olloquequi introduces the reader to the most important concepts of biology, showing how thrilling and entertaining science can be:
Ziggy is an extraterrestrial teenager with a great passion for earthly rock music, who wins a trip to our planet to find out more about it. Quite soon, he falls in love with the young earthling biologist Eva – although relationships with people from other planets are completely forbidden. Thanks to Eva, Ziggy gets to know all about the climate change that is currently threatening the existence of all living creatures on earth. Soon, the scientific committee of his planet that observes his activities on earth instructs him to explore a human cell from the inside. Together with Eva and the robot Tryton that accompanies Ziggy on his trip, Ziggy starts a breathtaking journey through the human body. This trip initiates them into the secrets of our metabolism. But when Eva’s roommate suddenly falls seriously ill, Eva and Ziggy are shocked to find out that all the while, Tryton has been on another secret mission, the consequences of which neither of them could have imagined …
Spain: La Galera, 2014 (240 pp.; age 12+)
