Little Monarchs

I saw a comment refer to this as a “cozy dystopian” and that sounds like a perfect way to put it, i'd also maybe add in summer camp & road trip vibes and coming of age. All the humans have sun-sickness and can not go into the sun anymore, our band of scientists are working together to find not a temp. fix...but a vaccine! Our character is left with her badass guardian and they hope to follow the monarchs to Mexico and reunite with her parents to left ahead of them years ago. This is mostly the plot of the story, there isn't any future things in it really - they just wanted to use this in a way to keep things in constructed and road in good condition with robots. It comfortable fills in any plot holes a reader may have while keeping focus on the important elements of the story.

I love our character - she's very independent, brave, smart, and observational. Everything we learn from her can be applied in the world of nature today. We learn about monarch butterflies, we learn how to find north in the stars, we learn about how milk-weed can make you go blind for 3 days. She uses everything to thrive and survive & escape kidnappers.
I love our characters and the ending especially. It's well earned and a nice reward. One of my favorites for the year!

The art is a real treat and I found myself really admiring it for a while!