“Allegra Goodman develops her world with deft strokes, bringing together the linguistic traditions of the dystopian novel with those of classic post-disaster stories…” - New York Times Book Review “This beautifully written novel is a dystopian page-turner, using well-worn tropes to confront adult issues such as authoritarian government and global warming.” - Washington Post Honor knows her family could be next, and when the unthinkable happens, she must make the dangerous journey to the Other Side of the Island-before Earth Mother comes for her too… Then she meets Helix, a boy with a big heart who slowly helps her uncover a terrible secret about the Island: Sooner or later, those who do not fit disappear, and they don’t ever come back. Honor doesn’t fit in with the other children at the Old Colony School. They ignore curfew, sing songs, and do not pray to Earth Mother. Every family fits into its rightful, orderly, and predictable place…Įxcept Honor’s. The sky is always blue and it almost never rains. Earth Mother and her Corporation have created New Weather. Life on the tropical island is peaceful-there is no sadness and no visible violence in this world. In the eighteenth glorious year of Enclosure, long after The Flood, a young girl named Honor moves with her parents to Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea. A gripping and beautifully written dystopian page-turner from New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist ALLEGRA GOODMAN.
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