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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2014 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 7 Up—Tenjat is a farmer who wants more than a life of planting cassava on the shores of hell. Hell is their ocean, which is filled with naga monsters that feed on people who get too close to the shore. The teen wants to be a Handler, one who fights the nagas and helps support their island—a massive Turtle on which the islanders live. He does not want to be a farmer or a father who slows down the island by bearing children. In spite of the pleas of his sister, Efl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Seventeen-year-old boy Tenjat, who lives on an island on the back of a giant turtle in an ocean filled with sea monster...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on July 1, 2014
Determined to provide for himself and his younger sister, Eflet, Tenjat plans to join a group called the Handlers, who protect his island from naga monsters. The tension created by his dangerous quest—and by their family secret, which may put the island in danger—will keep readers turning the pages. M. K. Hutchins has created a wildly inventive world that is filled with danger and surprises. It is also made plausible by its internal consistencies. For example, it makes sens...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
