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
259 pp.
| Harcourt |
April, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-15-206193-7$17.00
(2)
YA
Seventeen-year-old Cheney has lived his entire life aboard the spaceship Plexus, which has been searching for a habitable planet for forty-six years. After the ship passes through an unidentified radiation wave, Cheney's serene existence becomes a desperate battle for survival. Deft character development and the inventive detailing of hard sci-fi flesh out this thought-provoking meditation on society and individuals caught in sudden change.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2010