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* TearsOfJoy: In "The Heroes Return," Jasper's mom cries when [[spoiler:she sees him in person for the first time in over a year]].
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* TearsOfJoy: In "The ''The Heroes Return," Return'', Jasper's mom cries when [[spoiler:she sees him in person for the first time in over a year]].
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* ApocalypseHow: The backstory features a Class X. The Youli homeworld was shattered into pieces during the great war. Youli scientists used the rift to travel back in time to warn the Youli of what would happen if they didn't change their ways, and as a result the planet was saved, although the surface is still uninhabitable. [[spoiler:In ''Fractured Futures'', Jasper learns that after the events of ''The Forgotten Shrine'', the Youli shattered Earth the same way. Mira talked the Youli into letting her travel back in time to prevent the war.]]
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* EarthShatteringKaboom: The Youli homeworld was shattered into pieces long ago during the great war. Youli scientists used the rift to travel back in time to warn the Youli of what would happen if they didn't change their ways, and as a result the planet was saved, although the surface is still uninhabitable. [[spoiler:In ''Fractured Futures'', Jasper learns that after the events of ''The Forgotten Shrine'', the Youli shattered Earth the same way. Mira talked the Youli into letting her travel back in time to prevent the war.]]
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* ApocalypseHow: The backstory features a Class X. [[spoiler:The Youli homeworld was shattered into pieces during the great war. Youli scientists used the rift to travel back in time to warn the Youli of what would happen if they didn't change their ways, and as a result the planet was saved, although the surface is still uninhabitable.]]
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* ApocalypseHow: The backstory features a Class X. [[spoiler:The The Youli homeworld was shattered into pieces during the great war. Youli scientists used the rift to travel back in time to warn the Youli of what would happen if they didn't change their ways, and as a result the planet was saved, although the surface is still uninhabitable. [[spoiler:In ''Fractured Futures'', Jasper learns that after the events of ''The Forgotten Shrine'', the Youli shattered Earth the same way. Mira talked the Youli into letting her travel back in time to prevent the war.]]
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* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: During his visit to the Youli homeworld in ''Fractured Futures'', Jasper participates in the Union Song, in which everyone sings together with their minds. Jasper thinks it's the most beautiful thing he's ever experienced.
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* YourMakeupIsRunning: In ''Fractured Futures'', a photographer catches Lucy and Jasper outside the hotel, where they aren't supposed to be. Frustrated with her own stupidity, Lucy sheds a SingleTear, which leaves a trail of mascara down her cheek.
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* {{Dedication}}: "For Nathan."
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* {{Dedication}}: "For Nathan."The first three books are dedicated to the author's kids, Nathan, Gabriel, and Jamey, the fourth is dedicated to her parents, and the fifth is dedicated to her nephews.
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* GaiasLament: Much of Earth is covered by uninhabitable wastelands called blast zones. Most of what's left consists of either [[MegaCity mega cities]] or circles of farmland, with almost no wild areas left.
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* MegaCity: Most Earthlings live in gigantic cities hundreds of miles across, with names like East Americana and Amazonas.
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* CradlingYourKill: In ''Fractured Futures'', [[spoiler:Denver is forced to shoot Eames, his lover from before the Incident at Bounding Base 51, in order to stop her from attacking the Youli and driving them to destroy Earth. After the battle, he cradles her body in his lap, crying and stroking her hair.]]
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* CombinedEnergyAttack: In ''Fractured Futures'', the Bounders learn how to combine the energy from their bounding gloves in order to do things like throw two guards across the room.
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* UmbrellaDrink: In ''Fractured Futures'', Denver sips a fancy drink with a pink parasol. When Jasper enters the room, Denver serves him a nonalcoholic fizzy purple drink with an orange umbrella.
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* ApocalypseHow: The backstory features a Class X. [[spoiler:The Youli homeworld was shattered into pieces during the great war. Youli scientists used the rift to travel back in time to warn the Youli of what would happen if they didn't change their ways, and as a result the planet was saved, although the surface is still uninhabitable.]]
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* SkyscraperCity: The Youli live in crystal towers miles above the surface of their homeworld. Instead of using elevators or walkways, they get from room to room by bounding. [[spoiler:The surface of their planet was rendered uninhabitable by the war. It will be a millennium before they can live outside their skyscrapers again.]]
* SlaveRevolt: A major one occurred before Earth developed space travel. [[spoiler:The Youli used to be cruel tyrants who enslaved other species and stripped their planets for ore. Eventually, the slaves they'd transported to their homeworld revolted, and the inhabitants of other planets leapt at the opportunity to join in. The Youli were almost wiped out, and their homeworld was almost destroyed, along with the entire galaxy. In the end the Youli learned their lesson, developed OrganicTechnology so they wouldn't have to rely on slave labor, and formed the Intragalactic Council so that this would never happen again.]]
* SlaveRevolt: A major one occurred before Earth developed space travel. [[spoiler:The Youli used to be cruel tyrants who enslaved other species and stripped their planets for ore. Eventually, the slaves they'd transported to their homeworld revolted, and the inhabitants of other planets leapt at the opportunity to join in. The Youli were almost wiped out, and their homeworld was almost destroyed, along with the entire galaxy. In the end the Youli learned their lesson, developed OrganicTechnology so they wouldn't have to rely on slave labor, and formed the Intragalactic Council so that this would never happen again.]]
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-->Mira is always quick to remind us that we're not really flying, we're manipulating matter to move and stay aloft. In other words: flying.
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* NotQuiteFlight: In ''Fractured Futures'', Mira teaches the other kids to fly without blast packs by using the bounding gloves to manipulate the air around them.
