Shift

By Agell, Charlotte

Publishers Summary:
In fifteen year-old Adrian Havoc's world, Homestate rules every aspect of society: identity cards need to be carried at all times, evolution is a forbidden topic of discussion, and religious education is enforced in daily "rapture" doses. If life weren't hard enough, now come the threats that the end of the world--SHIFT--is quickly approaching. But Adrian refuses to accept things as they are. He sets out for the toxic Deadlands on a trip that may very well alter the course of the universe.In this powerful, thought-provoking and by turns humorous novel, Charlotte Agell uncovers the painful consequences of war and uncertain governments in an imagined—yet disturbingly realistic—world.

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ISBN
978-0-80507-810-7
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on January 1, 2009

Gr 7-9 Adrian Havoc, 15, lives in an urban hotbox in the partially post-nuclear United Christian States, where the end of the world is nigh. He meets Lenora, a beautiful zookeeper on a mission to deliver a favorite penguin to colder waters. Adrian's semi-savant, semi-psychic little sister, Shriek, joins them on a trip through the radiated Deadlands to Maine, where the Havocs had a cabin. There they discover Adrian's long-missing father...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

In a rigidly regulated future United Christian States of America, only Believers have rights. Fifteen-year-old Adrian and his m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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