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Books What's Left of Me, Echoes of Us, Once We Were, Epic Firsts Teen Sampler, The Hybrid Chronicles 03 Echo Similar C J REDWINE, Sarah Crossan, Michelle Gagnon | ||
Vanderbilt sci fi author kat zhang
Kat Zhang (born 1991) is an author of young adult and middle grade literature. Her first trilogy was entitled The Hybrid Chronicles. According to WorldCat, the series is held in 2,545 libraries, and has been translated into Chinese, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian. HarperCollins published the trilogy in the United States. The first volume, What's Left of Me, was published in 2012; the third volume, Echoes of Us was published in 2014.
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- Vanderbilt sci fi author kat zhang
- Kat zhang chats about spoken word poetry
- Personal
- Hybrid Chronicles series
- Other
- Plot
- Reception
- References
Kat zhang chats about spoken word poetry
Personal
Zhang was born in Texas to immigrants from China. Her father was from Wuhan, and her mother from Fuzhou.
Zhang graduated from Vanderbilt University.
Hybrid Chronicles series
Other
Plot
The Hybrid Chronicles books are set in an alternate universe society in which at birth every body possesses two 'souls', or human identities. One of these identities is supposed to fade away with age. Those who retain both souls are labelled 'hybrids' and are ostracized from normal society. The series' protagonists, Addie and Eva, inhabit the same body and try to conceal this fact from other people.
Reception
The Hybrid Chronicles has received generally positive reception from several websites.
The first in the trilogy, What's Left of Me, was chosen as a 2012 BEA Buzz book and given a starred review on Publisher's Weekly.
