Sixteen-year old Glenn Morgan lives a quiet life. Her mother left when she was six, and
her scientist father is immersed in his project out in his workshop, leaving
Glenn on her own most of the time.
She goes to school, hangs out with her mohawked friend, Kevin Kapoor,
and dreams of the day when she can apply to a space academy and escape her
lonely life. They live in a world
based on technology and science, but Kevin has heard rumors of a different
world, filled with magic and monsters, just beyond the Rift that borders their
backyards. Glenn insists that
there is nothing beyond the Rift but a barren wasteland, as they’ve been taught
in their history classes.
One day, their quiet, dull lives are upended when Glenn’s
dad finally finishes the project he’s been obsessed with, a metal bracelet, and
the Authority, their police force, come to arrest him. Glenn and Kevin grab the bracelet and
escape to the only place they can – across the border. What they find there, on the run from
the government, is crazy and confusing and hard to believe, but Glenn must
continue her quest to save her father.
I don’t want to say much more about the rest of the novel
because it is filled with suspense and lots of twists and turns. It is an imaginative and action-packed
adventure story about a dystopian world much different than others I have read
about (and I have read a lot of dystopian novels this year!). Glenn and Kevin are both strong,
admirable characters whom I was rooting for. I devoured the book quickly, and now my 18-year old son
wants to read it!
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