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The List
by Patricia Forde
In a time after global warming has had it's full effect and the world is nearly covered by seawater, Letta is a wordsmith- holder of the definitions of words. Her job is to copy out individual dictionaries for each citizen of Ark of all the words they can use legally. There are only 500 words allowed for common use and each job has specialized words, but if they use words not on the list they can be banished.
The book is indeed very reminiscent of The Giver, and I enjoyed it. The timeline confused me a bit. There are a lot of characters alive from before the restriction of language and it's hard to tell how long it has been since it started, but other then that it's a fascinating story.
The book is indeed very reminiscent of The Giver, and I enjoyed it. The timeline confused me a bit. There are a lot of characters alive from before the restriction of language and it's hard to tell how long it has been since it started, but other then that it's a fascinating story.