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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2013 | Grades 5-up
Gr 9 Up—In this dystopian novel from New Zealand, Higgins uses her hero's adventures to ponder larger questions. Nik is a mathematical genius at the top of his class in Tornmoor Academy and, as such, he expects to be invited to join the Internal Security and Intelligence Services. ISIS leads the way in protecting the northern part of the city from the Breken invaders who control the city south of the river. ISIS does not choose Nik and even seeks him for questioning when the school is ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2012
In a gritty novel set in a dystopian future, orphaned agent-in-training Nik thinks he has it all figured out: he will be chosen by the Internal Security and Intelligence Services and help fight the war against “the other side.” He will be a willing cog in a decades-long conflict with fuzzy beginnings and a present that is as much propaganda and fear-mongering as an actual strate...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
