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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2010
Take the ominously threatening alien technology of John Christopher's Tripods trilogy and the suspenseful survival of an apocalyptic catastrophe of Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life As We Knew It trilogy, combine them in a single debut novel, and you'll have a good idea of the premise—and the promise—of POD. When black pearlescent orbs—one character calls them "Pearls of Death"—descend on Earth and hover just over its surface, oblitera...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Black pearlescent orbs hover over Earth's surface, obliterating every human who ventures outside. This creates a crisis for sixteen-year...Log In or Sign Up to Read More