Colony 51

Colony 51 is a novel told through interwoven stories and set in a post-apocalyptic near-future where the people of Perla, a fictional Caribbean island, have been stripped of all rights by the governing mainland. After a worldwide crisis, the island is industrialized and forced to supply foodstuffs and labor to the mainland, its people's stories erased. Piecing together the storytelling of two girls forced into submission, readers learn the island's true history. A very timely and powerful story told by Puerto Rican writer Jane Coralin.