Anomaly By: Tonya Kuper

I got a book for christmas. The first book I read during Christmas Break is a science fiction called Anomaly by Tonya Kuper. The book is a debut but I'm hoping its the first of many books written by Tonya Kuper because after all its a really good book. So basically the book is about this girl named Josie and on her seventeenth birthday she starts experiencing weird things. She notices that every time she imagines something happening, it happens. One day during lunch, Reid Wentworth rides up to the school on a motorcycle to apply as a a mew student but also to flip Josie's world upside down. Turns out Josie is an Oculi, an ancient species that can change reality with their thoughts. Not only does Josie find out that she's Oculi but she's also being hunted down by an evil Oculi organization that wants her dead called The Consortium. Reid is sent by the good Oculi called The Resistance to guide and protect Josie and prepare her upcoming battles.

The conflict in the story is person vs society and person vs self. The first conflict has to do with the fact that The Consortium is hunting down Josie and her family to kill them. Apparently Josie and her older brother were two of the most powerful Oculi anomalies ever but Josie's brother was killed a year ago and know The Consortium is after Josie. The second conflict being person vs self is Josie's fears which are taking an impact on her life and training. Since Josie found out that the reason her brother was killed was because of his powers and how he was using them dangerously, she's scared of becoming her brother, crazy and dead. Josie's fears are making her hesitate in using her power's full strength, making her vulnerable.