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The Lost Conspiracy
By Hardinge, Frances
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06088-041-5
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2009
Gr 6-9 It will take readers more than a few beats to find their bearings in this relentlessly inventive fantasy, but once they figure out the Lost (people who can send their senses out into the world and sometimes get lost from their bodies), the social relations among the colonized and colonizers of Gullstruck Island, and the physical world they inhabit, the story is gripping. Haithin is the nearly invisible viewpoint character, one of those people that you hardly realize is there, and the indispensable guide and interpreter of her sister, A...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2009 |
Hathin is a conscientious caretaker of her sister Arilou, one of the Lost—those whose senses are "loosely tethered" to their bodies, who can observe and report on what's happening anywhere on Gullstruck Island. Arilou's reputation as Lost is essential to Hathin's native Lace village, which has no other means of support now that commerce and colonizers have depleted its fish. But Hathin doubts Arilou's abilities—is she Lost, or just menta...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Starred Review on January 1, 2009
Hathin is a conscientious caretaker of her sister Arilou, one of the Lost--those whose senses are "loosely tethered" to their bodie...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
