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472 pp.
| Candlewick |
September, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-6258-5$19.99
(3)
YA
As the novel opens, Seth drowns; he wakes up in a world like his own, but seemingly without people. He wanders until he finds two other teens and together they try to make sense of their lives, their apparent deaths, and their current warped reality. Ness is a good storyteller and an interesting prose stylist, but the world-building here is too enigmatic.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2013