Emma Clayton`s new novel is the first in a fast paced new science fiction series, set in a future where the entire population of earth lives behind an enormous concrete wall.
Mika and Ellie are twins, but Ellie is supposed to be dead. She disappeared a year ago, just outside her run down refugee apartment tower. But Mika knows it`s not true; he's sure that Ellie is alive, and in terrible danger.
Mika is so determined to find Ellie that he plays along when the school authorities start making kids drink a supplement that changes them; makes them strong, fit, aggressive...almost like soldiers. And when he excels as a pilot at a government sponsored video game, Pod Fighter, he knows that his skill might be the only thing that can get him close to Ellie again.
You see, Mika`s becoming more and more certain that Ellie has been taken by the government for some military purpose. Why else would the authorities be training kids to fight? Why else would they stage an elaborate game, where the elite pilots and gunners are weeded out, and moved to the Golden Towers high above the smog and the shadows of old London?
In the end, Mika and Ellie discover a secret that's so vast, so overwhelmingly evil, that they know they have no choice: they have to escape over the Wall, where all the world is dust and poisonous ashes. Or...is it?
An exciting adventure, with plenty of gaming action, government bad guys, and rebellious teen heroes (and heroines). Thoroughly enjoyable, and well written.
Science Fiction
Grades 8-10
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