![]() ![]() ![]() Public libraries will find it popular among science fiction fans as well as those wanting a good adventure story. This is a good story to use with middle schoolers along with such titles as Lois Lowry's The Giver (HM, 1993) and Monica Hughes' Introduction to the Game (S&S, 1990). His soft, almost whispery voice usually suits the story well, but in the action scenes it is a little too subdued. Jeremy Davies' reading of Rodman Philbrick's text (Blue Sky Press, 2001) is very good. It should prove popular among middle school listeners. This action-packed story has some strong and provocative messages. In saving his sister, Spaz learns about himself and his parentage. He picks up companions as he travels: Ryter, a philosophic old man whose treasure is the book he is writing despite knowing that books and reading are of the past Littleface, a young almost speechless child and Linnea, a "prove" (genetically improved person). ![]() To do so, he must cross forbidden territory and face frightening gangs and their leaders. Grade 5-8-Spaz, a boy who lives on the fringes of his surreal future world, partly because epilepsy prevents him from using the mind probes most people use to blot out reality, sets out on a classic quest to save his ill foster sister. ![]()
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