Origins

By Thompson, Kate

Publishers Summary:
All Nessa knew was that Cats and Dogs were different. Always had been. Always would be. Generations in the future, our world has been changed irrevocably by an unspeakable disaster. In this bleak landscape a cat named Nessa has been exiled from her community during a violent outbreak with a group of Dogs. But when Nessa meets a fellow exile, a Dog named Farral, these unlikely companions set off to uncover the truth about their ancestry. Could Cats and Dogs have more in common than they have been taught to believe? Award-winning author Kate Thompson has crafted a brilliant page-turner in which readers will ultimately discover the secrets of a society’s origins and the truth about what really happened in a genetic lab called Fourth World.

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ISBN
978-1-58234-652-6
Publisher
Bloomsbury


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 2007

Gr 6-9 The intriguing but somewhat implausible explanation of the origin of the "missing link" in humans is revealed in this final book in the trilogy. "Origins" alternates between two different plotlines that take place many years apart. One story, set after a nuclear disaster, features Nessa, a member of the Cat community, and Farral, a member of the Dog community. Dogs and Cats don't mix and both communities are at war. Nessa and Farral find themselves exiled together and realize that their societies have more in common than they t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

As global social and political order collapses, Christie and his newfound family of humans, talking animals, and human-animal hybrids at Fourth World struggle to understand the mysterious purpose of a sinister invader; meanwhile, an interwoven narrative follows the travels of Nessa and Farral, whose respective societies are threatened by war. Christie tells his tale in a diary that chronicles the events surrounding t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2007

Christie and his newfound family of humans, talking animals, and human-animal hybrids in Fourth World struggle to understand the purpo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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