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Starred Review on January 1, 2016 | Multimedia Review
Gr 9 Up—Four centuries in the future, the UN's leading artificial intelligence has put an end to large-scale wars by requiring all world leaders to surrender one of their children as a hostage to peace. The children live in isolated preceptures and are educated to be future heads of state, all the while knowing that if their countries go to war, their lives are forfeit. Greta Stuart, the crown princess of the Pan Polar Confederation in what was once eastern Canada, has lived at the precepture in Saskatchewan for most of her life and accepts her position withou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More