School Library Journal» Dystopia http://www.slj.com The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:16:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Do You Have What It Takes to Pass The Testing? | Houghton Harcourt Giveaway http://www.slj.com/2013/08/awards/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-pass-the-testing-houghton-harcourt-giveaway/ http://www.slj.com/2013/08/awards/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-pass-the-testing-houghton-harcourt-giveaway/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:50:58 +0000 Dodie Ownes http://www.slj.com/?p=56879 SLJTeen readers a chance to find out who Cia can trust, and win the ultimate Testing prize pack.]]> 82113testing Do You Have What It Takes to Pass The Testing? | Houghton Harcourt GiveawayIt’s an honor to be chosen for The Testing. But it’s not enough to pass it. Cia Vale will have to survive it. Cia is honored to be chosen as a Testing candidate, eager to prove her worthiness as a University student and future leader of the United Commonwealth. But on the eve of her departure, her father’s advice hints at a darker side to her upcoming studies—trust no one.

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Enter to win The Testing Giveaway at http://goo.gl/aX0Nrz by 8/28/13. Winners will be chosen at random, and will be notified via email by 8/30/13.

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Gr 7 Up–Radley Parker-Hughes has been volunteering in an orphanage in Haiti after the recent earthquake, but she returns home to a country in the grip of an even more chaotic situation. The American Political Party has assumed power, the president has been assassinated, and martial law prevails. Soldiers with guns at the airport, travel paper requirements–is this really the New Hampshire she left just a few months ago? And where are her parents, who are usually so prompt picking her up at the airport? Radley decides to get home any way she can, even though she will have to cross states lines, strictly forbidden by the new government. When she arrives, her parents are nowhere to be found, but the police are. She decides to leave, hiding in the woods at night, making her way to Canada, assuming that’s where her parents went. One day she encounters an obviously ill young woman who is also trying to escape. The two form an uneasy alliance and, along with Celia’s dog, Jerry Lee, they slip across the border. An abandoned shack becomes home, and through the kindness of strangers, they survive and become close. Once the chaos in the U.S. subsides, Radley makes her way back home, only to find that things will never be the same. A journey back to Canada can’t soothe her pain, but a return to Haiti does. And so her story comes full circle. The prose is exquisite, almost poetic. The simple beauty of the narrative and lovely black-and-white photographs actually intensify the sense of confusion and disorder, giving readers a chilling feeling of reality. They see, through the use of flashbacks interspersed in the story line, how Radley grows from a confused, scared teen into a confident young woman, able to handle her own life. A masterfully written powerhouse of a book.–Diana Pierce, Leander High School, TX

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