' The Sound of Stars is a stunning exploration of the comforts that make us human and the horrors that challenge our humanity.'-K. 'The Sound of Stars is a marvelous genre-bending debut.' - The Nerd Daily But Morris isn't a typical Ilori.and Ellie and her books might be the key to a desperate rebellion of his own. When young Ilori commander Morris finds Ellie's illegal library, he's duty-bound to deliver her for execution.

All art, books and creative expression are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library. Today, seventeen-year-old Ellie Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the death of one-third of the world's population. When a rebel librarian meets an Ilori commander. MagazineĬan a girl who risks her life for books and an Ilori who loves pop music work together to save humanity? The two embark on a wild and dangerous road trip with a bag of books and their favorite albums, all the while creating a story and a song of their own that just might save them both.'-īook Synopsis 'This debut has it all: music, books, aliens, adventure, resistance, queerness, and a bold heroine tying it all together. M0Rr1S has a lot of secrets, but also a potential solution-thousands of miles away. Ellie's-and humanity's-fate rests in the hands of an alien she should fear. They're both breaking the rules for the love of art-and Ellie inspires the same feelings in him that music does. The trouble is, he finds himself drawn to human music and in desperate need of more. When he finds Ellie's illegal library, he's duty-bound to deliver her for execution. Born in a lab, M0Rr1S was raised to be emotionless. When a book goes missing, Ellie is terrified that the Ilori will track it back to her and kill her.

Music, art and books are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library. With humans deemed dangerously volatile because of their initial reaction to the invasion, emotional expression can be grounds for execution. Seventeen-year-old Janelle 'Ellie' Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. About the Book 'Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the deaths of one-third of the world's population.

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