Sun Signs

Unable to attend school while she battles cancer, fifteen-year-old Kayleigh Wyse tries to complete her classes online by correspondence. Developing a science project on astrology, Kayleigh enlists other online learners as study participants. What starts as a collaborative and supportive project based on the scientific method, slowly becomes unwieldy and then flawed when it is apparent that all the project participants are hiding vital clues about their identities. As Kayleigh struggles with the effects of chemotherapy and radiation she is forced to examine the assumptions she has made about others and the manner in which she presents herself to the world.

Sun Sign is a compelling story that examines the danger of blind faith in an electronic age and the ease with which our identities in the absence of traditional clues can shift and change.

Sun Signs is told entirely through e-mail and on-line communication.

Awards and Recognition

White Pine Nominee, 2009

Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award Nominee, 2007

ALA Popular Paperback, 2006

Snow Willow 2007 nominee

Our Choice selection

Chicago Public Schools Battle of the Books nominee

Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 1-55143-338-9