Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai (grades 10+)

Larissa Lai's literary and academic pursuits span countries and continents; born in California, she grew up in Newfoundland and studied in Norwich, England, Calgary, Alberta and at UBC in Vancouver. She directs The Insurgent Architects' House for Creative Writing in Calgary and writes both poetry and novels, typically within the genres of magical realism and speculative fiction. Her novels The Tiger Flu and Salt Fish Girl present dystopian futures from the perspective of the Other, and her poetry collections includes Sybil Unrest, Automaton Biographies and The Iron Goddess of Mercy.