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Jessica Khoury's Origin

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The jungle holds a girl who cannot die. I choose the novel Origin by Jessica Khoury, Origin is about an immortal girl named Pia, deep in the Amazon rainforest hidden from the human race, and forbidden to go outside the fence for her own safety. But everything changes when she falls for Eio, a boy from a nearby village, Pia must decide to stay and help make an immortal race, or to run away with Eio and escape the unknown dangers that lie within the fence, before it is too late. Pia must choose between the scientists that created her and the jungle boy she has fallen in love with. There are two social events that define the different sides of Pia and the choice that come along with them. The first social event is Pia’s birthday party that is
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