Going Green

Going Green is a story about choices and consequences, about true happiness and real fear, about racism and appreciation of differences, and about deciding who you truly are and what you believe. Set in the future, it allows us to look at and talk about "their problems" ...until we realize how just similar our realities are.In the future, the color of your skin lets everyone know who you are. Those who can contribute to making the world a better place are Green, walking GMOs with plant chloroplasts in their cells who no longer need to eat. Life is good. People are happy. Well, ...some people. Not everyone gets to “go Green.”Calyssa Brentwood, a high school senior just finished with her cellular enhancement, is on her way to securing her place in the upper ranks of society. Until she finds herself far from the safety of Sci-City, ...on a farm, ...in the middle of a rebel insurgency.Realizing that nothing is as simple as it seems, Lyssa soon discovers that each choice brings new consequences ...ones that may turn deadly for those she cares about most."Ransom's appealing futuristic parable dives deep into issues of class privilege, inequality, and genetic modification. Sounds heavy, but she lightens the mood with clever tech and a sweet, star-crossed teen romance."-Karen Eisenbrey, author of The Gospel According to St. Rage"Going Green is a confident, richly conceived and immensely readable debut where unlikely hope grows like grass punching through the cracks of an oppressive system. …Ransom is a welcome new voice, one that rings true and clear with impressive scope and unexpected emotion." -Dale E. Basye, author of the Circles of Heck series“Heather S. Ransom creates an eerily poignant futuristic world with her intelligent writing. The suspenseful storyline propels the reader on. How relevant is this quote from her novel? ‘How do you stop something when you don't feel you have any power?’ Bravo!”-Barbara Herkert, author of A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E.B. White

Teen & Young Adult

Ransom, Heather S.

Literature & Fiction

Not a Pipe Publishing

Calyssa's new life seems to be everything she could hope for - she got her cellular enhancement surgery, she's nailing her first term at the University of SciCity, and she nabbed the internship at her father's genetic engineering corporation. She should be happy.
But Lyssa can't forget what she witnessed last spring, and investigating the cover-up gets her caught in the Green vs. non-Green crossfire. When tragedy strikes, it tests her belief in her family, her friends, and her society, but most importantly, her belief in herself.

Greener (Part 2 of the Going Green Trilogy)

Greener: Part 2 of the Going Green Trilogy

Back to Green: Part 3 of the Going Green Trilogy

After losing her sister and almost losing her father, Calyssa Brentwood is finally returning to a somewhat "normal" life ... until the PKPH virus mutates and attacks, and she once again finds herself scrambling. When her maniacal mother who had been presumed dead resurfaces for a second time, there's far more danger than Lyssa has ever known. But now, when it matters most, she must decide who she should trust and what is truly worth fighting for.

After all the tragedy she's already faced, Calyssa Brentwood is finally returning to a somewhat "normal" life ... until the PKPH virus mutates and attacks, and her maniacal mother resurfaces. Now, there's far more danger than Lyssa has ever known. When it matters most, she must decide who she can trust and what is truly worth fighting for.

Shout: An Anthology of Resistance Poetry and Short Fiction

The 25 incredibly talented authors and poets in this anthology aren’t politicians, policy wonks, or partisans. They're artists staring at the rising tide of fascism in the United States and asking you: “What kind of world do you want to live in tomorrow?” and “Who do you want to be today?” And they aren’t asking quietly.

Parry, Rosanne

Burroway, Janet

Adams, Carolyn

Witchey, Eric

Lee, Bethany

Smolen, Rebecca

Valentine, Lydia K

Genre Fiction

Denial Kills: An Anthology of Poetry and Short Fiction

Gorman, Benjamin

Griggs, Claudine

Sibanda, Ndaba

Mehta, Jessica

Nzinga, Ayodele

Shearin, Viveca

Dye, Zack

Literary

Calyssa Brentwood, an entitled high school senior who has just finished her chloroplast cellular enhancement in order to "go Green," is now the newest citizen of the Green Commonwealth of SciCity, on her way to finding her place in the upper ranks of her community . . . until she meets Gabe Stayton, an unlikely lab partner, gifted in science and math, and the only person she knows who has chosen to not be enhanced. Through a series of unusual events, Lyssa, a true city girl, ends up at a farm for spring break during the middle of a rebel insurgency that jeopardizes the safety of Green citizens. For the first time in her life, she must face a battle that threatens the lives of those around her as she learns that nothing is as simple as it seems on the surface. Can she save what she loves most in her life? Or is the price too high?

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