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Across the Universe
by Beth Revis
Wow. I really loved this book. It kept my attention the whole time and I really couldn't put it down. I haven't had one of those books for awhile.
In the publishing world today there are so many YA books about dystopians and they all seem to come in threes. But I can see this standing out among them. I heard someone say this is the next Hunger Games. I do not agree that this is as good, but it definitely is better then most. Pick it up, it's worth your while.
This story is completely science fiction, entirely based on a spaceship. The powers that be on Earth have decided to put together a mission to go to another planet, 3 centuries of space travel away, to colonize it. To do this they gather the best and brightest that they would need to make such a thing happen and cryogenically freeze them so that they will live through the epically long journey and wake up when the ship arrives on the new planet. There is a crew on the ship that will watch over them and the crew is big enough to repopulate and continue for the 3 centuries.
The main character, Amy, is going along on the trip because her parents are essential to the mission. She gives up her life on earth to be frozen so that she can wake up with her parents. The problems start when Amy is woken up, unfrozen, 50 years before the ship lands on the new planet. 250 years have gone by and some serious changes have been made to the ship, and they aren't necessarily good.
The story is told in two voices: Amy's and Elder, the soon-to-be leader of the ship. The two soon discover that there are massive secrets on the ship that need to be uncovered. The 3000 or so people living aren't normal and this is an incredible shock to Amy.
I loved how this book was a combination of genres: mystery and science fiction. I became panicked along with Amy when things weren't as they should be. Revis really wrote with emotion and the reader really does feel that hopelessness and deep deep sadness that Amy feels when she discovers she will never see Earth again and that a majority of her life will be spent on this ship. She will be 65 or so when she finally gets to see her parents again.
This is the first in a trilogy (very Hunger Games like, huh?). The ending wasn't a big cliffhanger, but it left enough questions unanswered that I can see a series being made from this very successfully. It is also a great book for discussions about ethics, morality, leadership, etc.
In the publishing world today there are so many YA books about dystopians and they all seem to come in threes. But I can see this standing out among them. I heard someone say this is the next Hunger Games. I do not agree that this is as good, but it definitely is better then most. Pick it up, it's worth your while.
This story is completely science fiction, entirely based on a spaceship. The powers that be on Earth have decided to put together a mission to go to another planet, 3 centuries of space travel away, to colonize it. To do this they gather the best and brightest that they would need to make such a thing happen and cryogenically freeze them so that they will live through the epically long journey and wake up when the ship arrives on the new planet. There is a crew on the ship that will watch over them and the crew is big enough to repopulate and continue for the 3 centuries.
The main character, Amy, is going along on the trip because her parents are essential to the mission. She gives up her life on earth to be frozen so that she can wake up with her parents. The problems start when Amy is woken up, unfrozen, 50 years before the ship lands on the new planet. 250 years have gone by and some serious changes have been made to the ship, and they aren't necessarily good.
The story is told in two voices: Amy's and Elder, the soon-to-be leader of the ship. The two soon discover that there are massive secrets on the ship that need to be uncovered. The 3000 or so people living aren't normal and this is an incredible shock to Amy.
I loved how this book was a combination of genres: mystery and science fiction. I became panicked along with Amy when things weren't as they should be. Revis really wrote with emotion and the reader really does feel that hopelessness and deep deep sadness that Amy feels when she discovers she will never see Earth again and that a majority of her life will be spent on this ship. She will be 65 or so when she finally gets to see her parents again.
This is the first in a trilogy (very Hunger Games like, huh?). The ending wasn't a big cliffhanger, but it left enough questions unanswered that I can see a series being made from this very successfully. It is also a great book for discussions about ethics, morality, leadership, etc.