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Reviewed on April 1, 2015 | Young Adult
Gr 7 Up—McKay continues writing in the vein of war and unrest with her latest. Pax, a teenage orphan boy, has been raised in the slums of an unidentified country. He is the eldest in the orphanage and has taken the youngest, Kai, under his wing. After their caregiver passes away, Kai and Pax are forced to live on the streets. The boys survive by taking odd jobs. McKay does an extraordinary job displaying how little the protagonists know about the modern world. When introduced to air co...Log In or Sign Up to Read More