A post apocalypse space habitat is suffering system failure
after generations in space. Their
solution is to dispose of teen age miscreants in an attempt to discover if
Earth is habitable.
The book has an interesting premise. The solution to their problem is similar to
many culture by disposing of the young they remove both a problem and perhaps
they solve one as well. Societies have
been sending their young off to battle since the cavemen. This book is tepid science fiction combined
with teen age romance.
The story eventually moved along after the reader is
introduced to the romantic longings of a variety of teens. It is a very fast read and I don't see it
appealing to the older teen. I think the
very young teen and particularly the very young teen female may find the book
appealing. I am pleased to see an
attempt to draw in the young teen girls into science fiction. I do feel that the more kids read scifi, the
better chance we have of getting more kids into science.
Interesting note, there is a TV show based on the book. It claims to be young adult oriented but I
think this is doing many young adults a disservice. Considering the outlook of the high school
kids I know, this book might be a touch lite.
I think the upper elementary or perhaps middle school audience would be
more likely to favor the book.
Web sites: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kass-morgan/the-100/9780316234474/
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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