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Jacob's Ladder
By Keaney, Brian
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-76363-071-3
- Publisher
- Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2006.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2007
Gr 6-10 This intriguing novel starts like science fiction, but ends as something entirely different. Jacob wakes up in an empty field with no memories other than his name. An unsmiling, uninformative man calling himself Virgil takes him across a river to the dreary, modern city of Locus, where most of the inhabitants are teens about Jacob's age. There he tries to find a way back to his barely remembered home while resisting Locus's standard-issue gray unifor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Remembering nothing of his previous life, Jacob wakes up in a drab, depressing world where he and other teens sp...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
