[LM_NET] BOOK: MS/HS: Shift by Charlotte Agell

[Toni Buzzeo <tonibuzzeo@TONIBUZZEO.COM>]

Shift by Charlotte Agell. Holt, 2008. ISBN: 978-0805078107 (Available 9-1-08)

For fifteen-year-old Adrian Havoc, the dystopic present is an 
enormous frustration. Living in the United Christian States of 
America as he does, where the HomeState holds all power over both 
society and the individual citizen, it is rather difficult to find 
one's true self.  With telejector images of the Rapture required 
viewing in every home, his best friend Daniel and his Jewish family 
removed by HomeState Security, and his dad missing after his stint on 
the moon, Adrian nevertheless refuses to comply, refuses to 
acknowledge defeat and await the threatened Apocalypse with his 
clairvoyant younger sister, Shriek, and his HomeState employed 
mother.  Agell deftly creates a future world so believable that when 
these dire circumstances compel Adrian to accompany a sexy young zoo 
worker on a secret mission away from the Citylands, through the 
nuclear devastated Deadlands of Massachusetts, and into the 
uninhabited wasteland of Maine, the reader willingly follows them 
into a small enclave of insurgents set on changing the course of 
history.  Believable characters and a compelling plot, with just 
enough future science to intrigue without weighing down the action, 
Shift will appeal to middle school and teen readers looking for 
science fiction with humor and heart. [Suggested Grades: 6-10]


Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS <mailto:tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com>
Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year Emerita
Buxton, ME 04093
http://www.tonibuzzeo.com
R is for Research, illustrated by Nicole Wong (Upstart 2008) BRAND NEW! 

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