Degrees of Freedom, book 2 of The Sweetland Quartet Degrees of Freedom begins seventeen years after the events of Skyrmion (book one). It follows Molly Whitedeer (daughter of Joe Larivee and Bridge Whitedeer for those who have read Skyrmion) and her half-sister, Jessie Larivee. Something is strange about the new world the immigrants call Sweetland. Particularly for the adults, who suffer from a plague of depression and forgetting they’ve named the Saudadés, a disease which is leading to a high rate of suicide. Why are the flora and fauna so familiar, so like the plant and animal life left behind on Earth? And why are they all so afraid of the forest? For the native born children, who call themselves the Borns, the forest is their friend and companion. But they too notice the changes which happen sometimes right before their eyes. Sixteen-year-old Molly Whitedeer and her friends believe it has to…