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A review by hollowspine
Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick
3.0
A quick read with an environmental focus. Zoey finds herself left behind when her family tries to escape Norridge, a small island that falls deeper into the sea by the day due to the encroaching waters of the ever rising sea. Is this what our future children will face?
Taking place in the near future, Zoey has never seen a car in use and has never walked in one direction without encountering the ocean. The story follows Zoey as she tries to find her parents. Over the story she has nagging hopes and fears that eat away at her. Why haven't her parents come to find her? Are they dead, or just glad to be rid of her? She encounters people at the ends of their humanity, willing to fight over a morsel of food or a scrap of land.
It has some very good material for discussion and I think would make a very good book for middle-school book clubs or summer reading.
Taking place in the near future, Zoey has never seen a car in use and has never walked in one direction without encountering the ocean. The story follows Zoey as she tries to find her parents. Over the story she has nagging hopes and fears that eat away at her. Why haven't her parents come to find her? Are they dead, or just glad to be rid of her? She encounters people at the ends of their humanity, willing to fight over a morsel of food or a scrap of land.
It has some very good material for discussion and I think would make a very good book for middle-school book clubs or summer reading.