As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
121 pp.
| Farrar/Foster |
September, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-374-39938-2$16.00
(2)
YA
In this pensive novel, Dana draws parallels between her life and the lives of honeybees: the queen is Dana's self-absorbed best friend, and Dana is the worker bee. Koja eloquently conveys the fog of melancholy and apprehension that surrounds Dana, but luckily for her, human society isn't as rigid as that of the hive; even a lowly worker can ascend to the throne.