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Friesen, Jonathan
2 Reviews
(4)
YA
In 2250, access to water brings significant power. After his father disappears, Luca attempts to be a water bringer, though a mysterious culture underground, a gorgeous girl, and lots of folks who don't want him to succeed all shake up what he thought was his sole purpose. Unsubtle moralism, a forced romance, and some convenient plot twists mar the vivid futuristic setting.
Reviewer: April Spisak
(4)
4-6
Chloe, cruelly nicknamed Scarface, spends her time in the darkness of her family's movie theater while Nick, blind, spends his dictating a film script. When they are transported through a movie screen into Nick's dangerous invented world of Retinya, Chloe must face her troubled past in order to make her way home. Fantastical creatures help build Chloe's courage in this rather didactic story.
Reviewer: Sophie Williamson
2 reviews
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