Plastic Girl Series

Plastic Girl: Evolution is the prequel novella to the Plastic Girl Series.    Set against the backdrop of a planet ravaged by acidic waters, toxic air and polluted lands, this sci-fi climate novella acts as a cautionary tale for adults and a hopeful one for youth, affirming that every end, even the darkest, makes room for new beginnings.  Eva, one of Earth's last inhabitants, is a lonely girl searching for companionship and evidence that life might return to Earth. What time she doesn't use to survive her harsh environment, she spends searching for life, stewarding the lake around her cabin and making sculptures of extinct animals out of found materials. One day, while checking on her island, she discovers something alive that shouldn't be, something she can transform and that can also transform her. She embarks on a grand and dangerous scientific journey that ultimately will birth a new era and provide her with the companionship she so desperately needs. Through Eva's engagement with this new life, readers will discover that to save the world, humanity may have to become something else entirely or disappear completely.

Eva grew up in a climate apocalypse, her parents are dead, and the boy she once loved is probably trying to kill her. Just when she's about to give up, she discovers a new species born from plastic waste. More incredibly, she can mold these creatures into other beings - first a butterfly, then a fish, a deer, a bear, and eventually, a sister, Iris.   As Eva dabbles with creating life, it becomes frightfully clear that her creations, Iris included, will either save humanity or end it.   "Maison has crafted an enigmatic, surreal SF castaway tale that ultimately pays off with a suspenseful account of a fight for survival… An eerie and somewhat elusive SF tale that takes plastic recycling to a new level." - Kirkus Review

Extinction is the suspenseful second book in the Plastic Girl series. Sisters Eva and Iris transform their isolated island from wasteland to paradise, They stop a gang of nomadic teens from taking it over. Now, lost deep in the caves below Bear Island, they will evade monstrous lifeforms, defeat violent invaders, and unlock evolutionary secrets as they fight to protect their new world.    The species born from plastic can heal the entire planet and reverse the climate apocalypse but not without sacrificing Eva and all of humanity. In the spirit of Lord of the Flies, those on the island will either work together or kill each other. One sister will leave the other behind, testing the ties of their found family. Another more symbiotic way forward for these competing species is revealed but proves even more terrifying than extinction. 

Eradication is the final book of the Plastic Girl trilogy.   After a mysterious research ship filled with dangerous newcomers arrives, Eva and Iris fight to maintain the fragile alliance between the polylilakes and humans. In the exhilarating conclusion of the Plastic Girl series, the two species must come together or suffer total eradication.   Plastic Girl is a YA climate sci-fi trilogy with a companion prequel novella. Eva grew up in a climate apocalypse, her parents are dead, and the boy she once loved might be trying to kill her. Just when she's about to give up hope, she discovers a new species born from plastic waste. More incredibly, she can mold the creatures into other beings—first a butterfly, then a fish, a deer, and eventually a sister, Iris. As the sisters unlock a power that can save the planet, dangerous teens discover their island, threatening to destroy the new life they've created. The species born from plastic can reverse the climate apocalypse, but it may wipe out humanity in the process. In the spirit of Lord of the Flies, the two species will either come together and live in paradise or kill each other in a wasteland. One sister will leave the other behind, testing the ties of their found family as another more symbiotic way forward is revealed, one more terrifying than extinction. "Maison has crafted an enigmatic, surreal SF castaway tale that ultimately pays off with a suspenseful account of a fight for survival." (Kirkus Reviews) "Eva's mysterious world is developed in a fantastical but thorough manner that makes it immersive. Its atmosphere is immediate and affecting, with tie-ins to the present that show what pollution and climate change, if unchallenged, could result in. Harsh realities are confronted throughout in a logical and involving way… In the fascinating world of the young adult novel Plastic Girl, teenagers confront the realities of climate change. It's a compelling cautionary tale. (Foreword Reviews)