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305 pp.
| Orca |
October, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-1-55469-824-0$19.95
(3)
YA
A witty, artistic teenage boy named Max resists the government of his city when he notices his fellow students becoming docile and obedient. The strengths of this dystopian novel include a creepy premise and Max's strong first-person narrative voice pointing out wry humor in the most dire of situations.