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Xiran Jay Zhao
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Iron Widow (Book 1)
by Xiran Jay Zhao
Xiran Jay Zhao takes the girl-piloted-mecha premise and makes the machine's fuel source the whole point: it runs on the mental energy of a boy who's expected to die so a girl can fly it. Iron Widow is YA science fiction with a furious streak, built for readers who want their rebellion story to actually indict the system instead of just escaping it.