No One Dies in the Garden of Syn by Michael Seidelman

As well, the story tackles many ethical issues, mainly involving medical research and experimentation.

Characters thought dead turn out not to be, characters that seem like allies turn out not to be and vice versa, and, given the multiverses, there are numerous versions of key personnel. The plot that runs through the trilogy is complex. In the conclusion to the series, Too Young to Die in the Garden of Syn, Syn must fight to save the garden and its inhabitants, at the risk of her own life. However, a determined friend-turned-enemy forces Syn to finish what she started. So, at the beginning of the third book, feeling responsible and guilty for the tragedies, Syn doesn’t want to return to the garden.

Syn must take particular care, given her CF. Unfortunately, because of Syn’s actions, the healing powers of the garden disappear, hence, the name of this part of the story. The second book, Everyone Dies in the Garden of Syn, which came out in 2018, focuses on Syn’s efforts to rescue Beth, who has been kidnapped. There are multiple universes in this trilogy, each with their own Syn, and, in at least one of them, Syn has a sister, Beth. But all is not healthy in the garden, as this other place is called, and Syn must rise to many challenges and challengers to set things right. In Book 1, due to circumstances beyond her control, Syn falls into another universe – one in which she can breathe easily, her cystic fibrosis nonexistent. (All of the books are published by Chewed Pencil Press.) A teenager when we encounter her, she is being parented by her aunt, as her parents went missing when she was 5 years old.

We first met our protagonist, Synthia Wade, in No One Dies in the Garden of Syn, which was released in 2016.

Food insecurity at UBC affects Jewish students, tooĪfter a three-year wait, local writer Michael Seidelman’s Garden of Syn trilogy comes to a fast-paced, satisfying conclusion.

In the end, as is recognized by the kids playing the basketball game, we're all in this together. It's a poignant tale of the power of community as a means to rise above hatred and bigotry.

'The Basketball Game' is a graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning National Film Board of Canada animated short of the same name – intended for audiences aged 12 years and up.

No One Dies in the Garden of Syn by Michael Seidelman