Thursday, August 28, 2014

Genre Pick "Dark Life" by Kat Falls


Falls, Kat. Dark Life. New York: Scholastic Press, 2010. Print; ISBN: 978-0-545-17814-3; Hardcopy Price: $16.99.

Annotation
When the World has become to crowded, people began to become new pioneers, choosing to make their home in the ocean and grow resources for the people on the land. Ty is one of these young pioneers, living in the sea and dealing with all the problems that associate with it, including outlaws who begin to attack homesteads.

Awards
  • Awarded the Juvenile Literary Award by The Friends of American Writers in 2011.

Book Talk
Dark Life… this is the name given to the people who live under the sea. Ty is one of these people. He is a young man with a special gift that allows him to stand out from the adults. When a gang of outlaws called the Seablight gang begins targeting homesteads, the town has been tasked by the government to catch them or risk their colony’s future. With this vendetta, Ty has teamed up with a Topsider Gemma who is looking for her brother. Together, they will track down the Seablight Gang, and discover what about them that makes them so special. In this part sci-fi, part western fiction that takes place in the ocean, readers will learn what it means to be, Dark Life.

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