By Sarah Holding (author)
"This inventive YA novel melds ancient myths with modern issues around the climate crisis."
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Mythic in scope and futuristic in style, Sarah Holding's Chameleon is an inventive work of YA climate fiction that will appeal to readers who have a keen interest in tackling climate change, and love pacey, complex sci-fi style contexts.
Conjuring Atlantis as it teeters on the brink of catastrophe Chameleon is powerfully set-up: “With each day that passes, there will be ever more violent climatic, seismic, volcanic and meteoric activity, and you will soon exhaust all possible means of preventing or holding off the kingdom’s demise”. Into this urgent crisis, scientists create three genetically engineered humans, the first to have blue eyes, and the first to possess the ability to shapeshift, and it falls to this trio to find a way to collaborate and navigate a way through the impending disaster.
A powerful work of climate fiction woven with sci-fi elements and fascinating takes on technology and mythology, Chameleon is also a very human story driven by memorable characters whose journeys are at once thrilling and thought-provoking as they strive to ensure the survival of civilisation.
Shortly before the fall of Atlantis, genetic engineers create three new prototypes, Kam, Mel and Leon, the first humans to have blue eyes and shapeshifting capabilities. With climatic conditions on Earth spinning rapidly out of control, it seems the future of Atlantean civilization depends entirely on whether the three test subjects can find a way to work together to solve the deepening crisis. But first they need to find each other.
Sarah Holding is a full-time children’s & YA author based in the UK and Japan. Road to True North is her 6th novel. Her fictional debut SeaBEAN , a best-selling time travel adventure trilogy first published in 2013, is now in its 4th edition and being taught in primary schools across the UK and around the world. CHAMELEON , her first YA novel published in 2020, is set during the fall of Atlantis. Her second YA novel blackloop , an edgy coming-of-age sci-fi romance, came out in 2023.
Sarah has given over 250 author-led creative writing workshops and talks for schools, libraries, festivals and offers a range of virtual discovery sessions for schools overseas. She is passionate about inspiring young people to connect with and understand their environment through fiction.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Chameleon and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Chameleon features in the following genres: Featured Books for 13+ readers, Featured Books for Young Adults, Recommendations, Adventure Stories, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Ecological and Environmental Interest - Fiction
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Chameleon was written by Sarah Holding and published by Matador an imprint of Troubador Publishing Ltd
Chameleon has 256 pages
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