pellydOur first book club book for the year is The diary of Pelly Dby L.J. Adlington.  Toni V lives on planet Home from Home and works demolition.  While working he comes across a water can with a journal inside the can.  It is the diary of Pelly D, a popular, social girl.  Soon Toni V cannot stop reading about Pelly D and her privileged life.  The journal takes a turn when social classes begin to form based on genetic testing with one group, the Atsumi class being considered the top of the class.  When Pelly D and her family undergo the genetic testing Pelly’s world falls apart as she discovers she belongs to the lowest of the social classes, the Galrezi.  Toni V soon learns about the social cleansing that led to the war that led to his current job of clearing away rubble.  This book makes you think about our own history and wonder if this could ever happen again.