Soul Machine

A Wrinkle in Time meets Brave New World in this thought-provoking debut graphic novel about one girl's quest to save her family's livelihood--and maybe existence itself.

Chloe and her older sister make souls by hand in an empty old house in the countryside. When their supply of breth--the raw material needed to make souls--runs dry, the evil McCorp tries to force them to franchise and make synthetic souls instead. Chloe sets out to the big city in hopes of finding a new source. And maybe a way to modernize their business that Lacey is so determined to keep in the past.

On a journey to find a real breth crop, untouched by MCorp's greedy hands, Chloe uncovers long-buried family secrets--and starts to question whom to trust and what reality even is.

A beautifully rendered debut, Soul Machine is at once a metaphysical science-fiction story and a nuanced exploration of big ideas: spirituality, family, consciousness, and connection, but also unscrupulous consumption, megacorporations, and how egomaniac entrepreneurs impact our lives.

Author: Jordana Globerman
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Annick Press
Published: 06/17/2025
Pages: 228
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.20w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781773219592


Review Citation(s):
Foreword 04/21/2025
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2025
Booklist 05/01/2025 pg. 69
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2025
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2025 pg. 64

About the Author

JORDANA GLOBERMAN is a comic book writer and illustrator based in Ottawa, Canada. She holds a Masters in Visual Arts from the University of the Arts London in England, where she majored in drawing anthropomorphic bears and drinking tea the proper way.