Shield
Rachael Craw
Walker Books
2016

Shield, by Rachael Craw, is a 21^st-century-based book that concludes the Spark trilogy. The young adult trilogy is told from Evie’s – a teenage girl’s – perspective and explains the many trials and challenges she faces as a government experiment, as well as with her love-life and complicated family.

As Stray left off with a traumatic event, Shield starts off with an insight into how Evie is coping with having lost loved ones, which includes therapy and avoiding certain people while in school. The story carries on in the Affinity headquarters, where training and orientation for Shields – one of the kinds of people affected by the experimentations – takes place.  Read more