Pure

Baggott, J. (2012). Pure. NY: Grand Central. Pressia is the protagonist in Pure. In the novel, Pressia and Partridge search for Partridge’s mother after the Detonations, while several other individuals are either using or searching for Pressia, Partridge, or Partridge’s mother for their own self-seeking intentions. It is later revealed that Partridge’s mother has a formula that can cure the coding that Partridge’s father, Willux, created. The novel ends with Willux killing his wife and Sledge. El Capian takes over and leads OSR, while Willux continues his pursue for the cure that Pressia and Partridge now have. I think the intended audience for Pure might be for ages 13 and up. Recommendations for follow up reading include The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker, Above by Leah Bobet, The Killables by Gemma Malley, Those That Wake by Jesse Karp, and Neva by Sara Grant. A lesson that might come from reading Pure is to never fully trust some people because they can just as easily stab you in the back because no one ever knows what their true intentions really are. I think Pure meets the social developmental criteria because Pressia and Partridge are survivors of the Detonation, and even though they are unknowingly using each other for other individual’s intentions to help those individuals become powerful or controlling, they become friends and instead choose to help each other and fight those individuals that are using them. They also help each other survive throughout the novel.