In that short story, I knew there would be a boy who would kidnap a girl, but I wasn’t quite sure why. WANT started as a short story titled “Blue Skies”, which serves as the first chapter in the novel. How did he come to you? Was he first or the story first? Let’s start with Jason Zhou, the main character for both novels. I asked Cindy Pon about the themes and characters in WANT and RUSE, her environmental message, inspirations, and her work on the organization We Need Diverse Books. Jason wants to trust Daiyu, but neither of them has been completely honest with each other and when tensions rise, Jason must make a tough choice between the woman he loves and the friends he considers family. RUSE shows how that loss permeates all their hearts and minds as they continue to try and save their world. Although the plan worked at the end of WANT, the group lost one of their best friends. And Daiyu, the daughter of one of the most powerful, rich (and corrupt) men in their world. In RUSE, the storytelling voice branches out to two other people in Jason’s world, his friend Lingyi, a tech wiz who is the ‘boss’ of the gang’s operations. When I heard she had written a sequel, I was very excited to read what happened next. I wrote a very positive review for this YA book by Cindy Pon. Jason and his friends put together a daring plan to change that world.
His world was one where only the rich could afford clean air and medical attention. That boy was Jason Zhou, an orphan on the futuristic, polluted, and corrupt streets of Taipei. When WANT came in the mail, I was immediately captivated by the handsome teen boy in a spacesuit. I am given many books to review, and am selective with my time. WARNING: Spoilers for Pon’s first book, WANT. “I continue to write for teen Cindy who never got to see herself in all the books that she read.”
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