 Hi, my name is Rene Romero and I work in POW Library. Today I'm going to be talking about one of my favorite books called Dawn by Octavia Butler. It's actually the first of three books in a trilogy currently called Lilith's Brood, but it used to be called The Imagenesis. You can find it under either title. The plot is kind of interesting. I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy, so I was instantly drawn to this book. The plot is about actually humans who have been picked up by an alien civilization after Earth is destroyed after a nuclear war. So it's really a story about survival and a post-apocalyptic world, which again is something that I'm very interested in. Why I really like the book is mainly because I enjoy thinking about what it means to be a human, and that's something that they cover a lot in this book, whether it's from the viewpoint of the main character, Lilithiapo, or the viewpoint of the alien race who picks them up. It really just kind of explores what it means to survive, what it means to be alive, what it means to be a sentient being, and what it means to try to understand yourself and others, which makes it even harder in a post-apocalyptic world. So I just really recommend picking it up if you're looking for an interesting read that also talks a lot about what it means to be alive, which is something that I think is an issue that we can all really talk about in this day and age.