When a group of outcasts with extraordinary abilities comes out of
hiding, their clash with a violent society will spark a revolution--or
an apocalypse.
"Much like the X-Men comics, Proehl masterfully uses science fiction
as a lens to examine social inequality and human evil."--Booklist
**This edition features an excerpt from The Somebody People! **
Avi Hirsch has always known his daughter was different. But when others
with incredible, otherworldly gifts reveal themselves to the world, Avi
realizes that her oddness is something more--that she is something
more. With this, he has a terrifying revelation: Emmeline is now
entering a society where her unique abilities unfairly mark her as a
potential threat. And even though he is her father, Avi cannot keep her
safe forever.
Emmeline soon meets others just like her: Carrie Norris, a teenage girl
who can turn invisible . . . but just wants to be seen. Fahima Deeb, a
woman with an uncanny knack for machinery . . . but it's her Muslim
faith that makes the U.S. government suspicious of her.
They are the nobody people--ordinary individuals with extraordinary
gifts who want one only thing: to live as equals in an America that is
gripped by fear and hatred. But the government is passing discriminatory
laws. Violent mobs are taking to the streets. And one of their own--an
angry young man seething with self-loathing--has used his power in an
act of mass violence that has put a new target on the community. The
nobody people must now stand together and fight for their future, or
risk falling apart.
The first book of a timely two-part series, The Nobody People is a
powerful novel of love and hope in the face of bigotry that uses a world
touched by the fantastic to explore our current reality. It is a story
of family and community. It is a story of continuing to fight for one
another, no matter the odds. It is the story of us.
