For May we are joining Ren Mittal as he jumps forward from 1996 into 2122, as a subject in an elaborate student exchange history program! Project Nought is set in Tāmaki Makarau / Auckland and written by fellow kiwi Chelsey Furedi. It is a futuristic, queernormative and tech-savvy graphic novel with a bit of romance and mystery thrown in, that is truly ahead of it's time!
The Book Box comes with gifts to open while you read, curated and created by the Alphabet Team! We will also have an accompanying Podcast released in 2024!
You can find the book by itself here
Publisher: HarperCollins US
Date: 5 April 2023
Language: English
Paperback: 336 pages
ISBN-13: 978-0358381693
Reading age: 12+
For fans of Kiss Number 8 and On a Sunbeam, this debut graphic novel is a fast-paced time travel adventure with a hint of romance that has garnered 1.5 million views as a Tapas webcomic.
Ren Mittal's last memory in the year 1996 is getting on a bus to visit his mystery pen pal Georgia. When he wakes up in 2122, he thinks he might be hallucinating...he’s not!
Tech conglomerate Chronotech sponsors a time-travel program to help students in 2122 learn what history was really like...from real-life subjects who’ve been transported into the future...and Ren is one of them.
In 2122, Ren’s life in the 1990s is practically ancient history—and Ren’s not sure how to feel about that. On top of it all, he learns that his memory will be wiped of all things 2122 before he’s sent back to the '90s. Adding to Ren’s complicated feels, he's forming a crush on his student guide, Mars.
And when he crosses paths with the absolute last person he expected to see in the future, he has a bigger problem on his hands: What if Chronotech isn't the benevolent organization they claim to be, and he and his fellow subjects are in great danger
Confinement
Kidnapping
Grief
Death
Forced institutionalization
Medical content
Injury/Injury detail
Murder
Gaslighting
Violence
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