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The Secret under My Skin
By McNaughton, Janet
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06008-989-4 978-0-06008-990-0
- Publisher
- Eos HarperCollins
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2005
Gr 7-Up Set in 2368, this dystopian novel offers a glimpse of a potential future for our world. Blay lives in a work camp for homeless children, where they dig through a garbage dump to retrieve valuable items such as paper. There is not much technology left after the recent technocaust, when scientists were blamed for environmental disasters and taken to concentration camps. Due to her love of reading, Blay is chosen to help Marella, the new bio-indicator, with her studies. In the past, these individuals...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2005
Science-fiction fans will welcome the U.S. publication of McNaughton's post-apocalyptic novel of ideas, first published in Canada in 2000. Earth of 2368 has been ravaged by environmental disaster; it is recovering, but the population has been kept in ignorance following the "technocaust," the government's genocide of scientists and other educated people. Sixteen-year-old Blay Raytree, one of hundreds of orphans in a government-sponsored work ca...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
