After
Jan 2027 · Candlewick Press
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"Positing thought-provoking questions about humanity and family, it’s a bittersweet and defiant dystopian adventure." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A tender and powerful dystopian tale of family, hope, and survival asks where danger truly lies: in our technological creations, or those who create them?
In a thrilling and mind-bending feat of science fiction, a best-selling and multi-award-winning author tackles themes of loyalty, friendship, and family while mining the question of what, in an increasingly digitized world, defines humanity. Jen and her father live in the aftermath of a technological collapse that brought about the end of the world as they knew it. A terrible fault in a central information hive took out not only the world’s tech, but also the millions of humans who were connected to it. Those left behind are searching for one another, and for a new way of life. But Jen’s father isn’t related to her by blood—he’s a human-appearing AI, an anomaly that survived, and a secret that must be kept even from those Jen longs to trust. His kind brought about the end of the world, but could he also be the key to a new future?
A tender and powerful dystopian tale of family, hope, and survival asks where danger truly lies: in our technological creations, or those who create them?
In a thrilling and mind-bending feat of science fiction, a best-selling and multi-award-winning author tackles themes of loyalty, friendship, and family while mining the question of what, in an increasingly digitized world, defines humanity. Jen and her father live in the aftermath of a technological collapse that brought about the end of the world as they knew it. A terrible fault in a central information hive took out not only the world’s tech, but also the millions of humans who were connected to it. Those left behind are searching for one another, and for a new way of life. But Jen’s father isn’t related to her by blood—he’s a human-appearing AI, an anomaly that survived, and a secret that must be kept even from those Jen longs to trust. His kind brought about the end of the world, but could he also be the key to a new future?
"Positing thought-provoking questions about humanity and family, it’s a bittersweet and defiant dystopian adventure." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A tender and powerful dystopian tale of family, hope, and survival asks where danger truly lies: in our technological creations, or those who ...
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About the author
Pádraig Kenny is the author of the middle-grade novel Stitch as well as Tin and The Monsters of Rookhaven, both of which were selected as a Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month. Previously an arts journalist, teacher, and librarian’s assistant, Pádraig Kenny now writes full-time. He has twice won the Children’s Books Ireland Honor Award for Fiction, has been nominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medal, and has been short-listed for the Irish Book Awards. He lives in Ireland.
Steve McCarthy is an Irish designer and illustrator. He has twice been awarded the Children's Books Ireland Honor Award for Illustration. His poetry anthology with Sarah Webb, A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea, was the 2017 Children’s Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Steve McCarthy lives in London.
Steve McCarthy is an Irish designer and illustrator. He has twice been awarded the Children's Books Ireland Honor Award for Illustration. His poetry anthology with Sarah Webb, A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea, was the 2017 Children’s Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Steve McCarthy lives in London.
Pádraig Kenny is the author of the middle-grade novel Stitch as well as Tin and The Monsters of Rookhaven, both of which were selected as a Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month. Previously an arts journalist, teacher, and librarian’s assistant, Pádraig Kenny now writes full-time. He has twice...
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