Five kids who live in Firefly Lane in the town of Old Harmonie meet a new girl on their street and her name is Illana. She is perfect in appearance and ability. In this utopian town it is normal to try and achieve perfection. At the age of 13 you are allowed to enhance your natural abilities in order to make yourself a super successful resident of society. You are also allowed 30% other enhancements in your body. Mori, the main character has a connection to the woman who helped start the community. She is her great grandmother. Her old farm house is still standing and yet no one is allowed to go there. Mori sneaks in with her friends and discovers the journals and experiments that were done before Old Harmonie town was created. She discovers that Illana may not really be "natural" after all. Could science create a super person who could co-exist in this world as a natural person?
I thought the book was a great story for the upper elementary audience for a dystopian novel without getting too dark. At the same time, the ending fizzled out for me. It ended rather abruptly. Made me wonder if another book is in the works. I think you were supposed to care a great deal for the Illana character and yet I didn't find this to be true for me. So close to a great story! I give it a three out of four.
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