The other side of the island
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Author
Publication
2008 - Razorbill, New York, N.Y, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveothersideofislan00good
- Internet Archiveothersideofislan0000good
- ISBN-139781595141958
- ISBN-101595141952
- LibraryThing5622417
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- Goodreads3032314
- Library of Congress Control Number2007050915
- OCLC Control Number191846386
- Better World Books9781595141958
- Open LibraryOL16471842M
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.G61353 Ot 2008
- LCCPZ7.G61353Ot 2008
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Allegra Goodman comes a post apocalyptic novel about love, loss, and the power of human choice. Honor and her parents have been reassigned to live on Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea. Life is peaceful there—the color of the sky is regulated by Earth Mother, a corporation that controls New Weather, and it almost never rains. Everyone fits into their rightful and predictable place. . . .Except Honor. She doesn’t fit in, but then she meets Helix, a boy with a big heart and a keen sense for the world around them. Slowly, Honor and Helix begin to uncover a terrible truth about life on the Island: Sooner or later, those who are unpredictable disappear . . . and they don’t ever come back.The Other Side of the Island has been named a Best Book of 2008 by the LA Times, Washington Post, and Village Voice.
Description
Born in the eighth year of Enclosure, ten-year-old Honor lives in a highly regulated colony with her defiant parents, but when they have an illegal second child and are taken away, it is up to Honor and her friend Helix, another "Unpredictable," to uncover a terrible secret about their Island and the Corporation that runs everything.
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