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Klara and the Sun
The most loyal friend in the book is a robot who thinks the Sun can hear her. You'll cry about it. ☀️
Who it's for
Klara, an Artificial Friend, narrates her time with Josie, a sick teenager, and Josie's family.
Lonely→Hopeful
Feelings it meets
What it is
Kazuo Ishiguro's 2021 novel is narrated by Klara, a solar-powered Artificial Friend who watches the world from a store window before she is bought as a companion for Josie, a sickly 14-year-old who lives with her mother. Klara treats the Sun as a living, life-giving presence and comes to believe it can heal Josie.
Where to find it
In print; widely available from libraries (Libby/Hoopla) and as an audiobook. Still in copyright, so not on Project Gutenberg.
Before you start
Heads up: A child's serious illness; sibling's death.
Age: Ages 12+
Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 9
