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Mirror in the Sky
Mirror in the Sky | Aditi Khorana
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An evocative debut, perfect for fans of Tommy Wallach's We All Looked Up, about the discovery of a mirror planet to Earth and how it dramatically changes the course of one Indian-American girl's junior year. For Tara Krishnan, navigating Brierly, the academically rigorous prep school she attends on scholarship, feels overwhelming and impossible. Her junior year begins in the wake of a startling discovery: A message from an alternate Earth, light years away, is intercepted by NASA. This means that on another planet, there is another version of Tara, a Tara who could be living better, burning brighter, because of tiny differences in her choices. As the world lights up with the knowledge of Terra Nova, the mirror planet, Tara's life on Earth begins to change. At first, small shifts happen, like attention from Nick Osterman, the most popular guy at Brierly, and her mother playing hooky from work to watch the news all day. But eventually those small shifts swell, the discovery of Terra Nova like a black hole, bending all the light around it. As a new era of scientific history dawns and Tara's life at Brierly continues its orbit, only one thing is clear: Nothing on Earth--and for Tara--will ever be the same again.
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Rachiiebookdragon
Mirror in the Sky | Aditi Khorana
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A odd but intriguing book. Read for the April #Buzzwordathon - April is Space words 3.5/5

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Nitpickyabouttrains
Mirror in the Sky | Aditi Khorana
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How do people and the world change when it‘s discovered there is another planet out there with intelligent life.

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Stacielynnw41
Mirror in the Sky | Aditi Khorana
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I really liked this story of a mirror planet to earth. Aditi Khorana is a very in detail story teller. I have enjoyed reading two of her books...

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bookloaner
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Happy Recommendsday! I pulled this recommendation straight from my sci-fi display. Tara is an average high schooler with an average life until NASA discovers a message from an alternate Earth where there's another version of Tara. This is a great intro to sci-fi and contemporary mixture with sciencey, alternate world speculation and normal family/friendship drama. #teenlibrarian #recommendsday

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Johanna414
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My husband worked a morning shift and the baby spent the day with his grandma, so I had the house to myself. There's a long list of things I should have done... but then I picked up a book...

Suzze That's what "me time" is all about. 8y
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Librarylady
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Loved this YA book. My library has it tagged as sci fi but it is light on that. Most of the book deals with the way Tara and her friends and family deal with the discovery of a planet much like Earth and the communication they receive from it. I enjoyed the storylines that dealt with love, friendship, and trying to fit in as this group of teenagers were confronted with something that could change life as they knew it.

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theshrinkette
Mirror in the Sky | Aditi Khorana
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This book took me wayyyyy longer than it should have, so I'm foregoing my nap to make a dent in my reading! #24in48

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theshrinkette
Mirror in the Sky | Aditi Khorana
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Next up! #24in48

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ericalynnb
Mirror in the Sky | Aditi Khorana
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What I love about this book is that even though the premise (that we find a planet like earth complete with doubles of people on earth) is science fiction the book deals entirely with the psychological consequences of this discovery even though contact with the aliens is never established. Just the idea that this other planet is out there changes how characters interact and makes them revaluate their lives in a fascinating way.

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That-Bookish-Hiker
Mirror in the Sky | Aditi Khorana
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I have conflicting feelings about this book. I liked it but it was different than what I expected. It reminded me a lot about a movie called Another Earth except in this story we follow a 16 yr old Indian girl who is trying to find herself while feeling like she doesn't belong. This book was about how a discovery of a planet eerily similar to our own and how that discovery affected everyone in their lives. Very interesting read. I give it 🌎🌎🌎.

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That-Bookish-Hiker
Mirror in the Sky | Aditi Khorana
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Happy national books lover day! 📚

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That-Bookish-Hiker
Mirror in the Sky | Aditi Khorana

Has anyone seen the movie Another Earth? I'm on page 17 of this book and it's pretty similar. If you haven't seen that movie I highly recommend it. It's really good.

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That-Bookish-Hiker
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I always carry more than one book mark with me because I don't like highlighting quotes when I see them. And if I have more than one quote I like I use gum wrappers lol.

#currentlyreading

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That-Bookish-Hiker
Mirror in the Sky | Aditi Khorana

I always carry more than one book mark with me because I don't like highlighting quotes when I see them. And if I have more than one quote I like I use gum wrappers lol.

#currentlyreading

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skrishna
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I wanted to like this novel, about a half-Indian teenager who doesn't fit in, & finds her life changed after NASA discovers intelligent alien life, more than I did. There's great stuff about not fitting in, as well as deep meaning-of-life type stuff, but the threads don't come together well enough.

Megabooks That's really unfortunate ☹️ 8y
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Ebain
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This is a book that snuck up on me and walloped me over the head. Khorana especially nails the tenuous, nuanced relationship between the high school girl characters and I found my sympathies and loyalties shifting throughout. I'm still thinking about it weeks later.

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