DEE

Linda Griggs
Trafford Publishing (2006)
ISBN 9781412073301
Reviewed by Ian McCurley (age 13) for Reader Views (6/07)

The story begins in the distant future after a nuclear holocaust nearly destroyed the world.  After the holocaust, man started to explore space looking for intelligent life.  Only one being was discovered, and that was the Patriarch.  He had ESP abilities.  After the recovery of the Earth, children are born with ESP abilities.  They are dubbed “Espies.”  The Espies, however, are feared and hated because of a man named Colby who had an encounter with the Patriarch and was terrified that it read his mind.  Colby then started a cult that spread hate of the Espies. 

One of the Espies is Dee.  Like her mother, she has the ability to levitate herself and objects as well as read minds and feelings.  She was one of the most powerful Espies yet to be born, and when the first Espie Academy was opened, she was one of the initial students.  Dee’s father had been working for many years to create a jump ship, or a ship that can travel between galaxies.  Unlike other jump ships, this would be small, fast and have an intelligent computer with sentient that could communicate with its voice as well as its mind.  After graduating as the only Espie ranked 5, the highest rank, Dee is put on her first job at the future version of an airport.  This doesn’t last long, however, as a dark Espie, or an Espie who wants to take over humans and is kidnapping children, is caught by her and crippled.  To stay out of the public eye, Dee is reassigned and reassigned again until more dark Espies find her and she must call her father’s sentient jump ship, Hal.  As she is being picked up, a jump ship full of dark Espies appears and uses their minds to kill Dee’s father and some crew members.  Enraged, Dee destroys the dark jump ship and transports herself to a distant, unknown place.  What has happened, and what will happen, to Dee?

Linda Griggs writes excellently in “DEE.”  Her plot twists are exciting, and her characters are interesting.  This book is for ages 14 and up. 

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