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| Title | : | Shade's Children (Shade's Children) |
| Author | : | Garth Nix |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 345 pages |
| Published | : | September 18th 1998 by HarperTeen (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Dystopia |
Garth Nix
Paperback | Pages: 345 pages Rating: 3.9 | 11692 Users | 573 Reviews
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The Key to Survival Rests in the Hands of Shade's ChildrenIf you’re lucky, you live to fight another day.
In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no child shall live a day past his fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the child is the object of an obscene harvest resulting in the construction of a machine like creature whose sole purpose is to kill.
The mysterious Shade — once a man, but now more like the machines he fights — recruits the few children fortunate enough to escape. With luck, cunning, and skill, four of Shade's children come closer than any to discovering the source of the Overlords' power — and the key to their downfall. But the closer the children get, the more ruthless Shade seems to become ...
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| Original Title: | Shade's Children |
| ISBN: | 0064471969 (ISBN13: 9780064471961) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Shade's Children |
| Literary Awards: | Golden Duck Award Nominee for Young Adult (Hal Clement Award) (1998) |
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Ratings: 3.9 From 11692 Users | 573 ReviewsComment On Containing Books Shade's Children (Shade's Children)
It took some time for me to determine whether to give Shade's Children two or three stars... but decided on two in the end. The premise is compelling: four children (who appear to range in age from 15 to 19) escape from evil overlords who rule a dystopian future where humans don't live past age fourteen, and all adults have disappeared. On their "Sad Birthday," the children are taken to the "Meat Factory," where they are dissected and used for parts to create the Overlords' nightmarish creaturesVery mixed feelings about this one. It gets four stars because I thought the writing was excellent, and the scene-setting brilliant. I was instantly drawn into this dystopian world, in which everyone over the age of 14 has disappeared and children are basically farmed for their body parts, which go to provide soldiers for the "overlords" that have taken over the earth. Garth Nix's imagination seems so fertile, it makes me despair of ever being able to write anything decent in comparison.The rest
From what I remember, this was a really dark book to read. Being as young as I was, I do remember picking up once and unable to read it. The second time was better because I was so sucked in, I couldn't put it down. Unfortunately, because I was so young and naive, I didn't understand half of what I was reading until the third reading. Quite intensely dark for a children's book--for a child!
My favourite individual book from Garth NIX. The plot is great! It's racy, thrilling, futuristique... and the ending made me cry it was that good!
Possibly, if this book is read in these days of popular post-apocalyptic stories, one might be tempted to throw this one in with the "ah, someone read 'Hunger Games' and wrote a book" crowd. Now, some of those books fall in the AWESOME category (DIVERGENT), but others can make someone either say, "Ooo, I love that kind of book", or "No more!". Well, luckily, "Shade's Children" was published in 1997! Ahead of the trend! Booyah! Aaaand now it's been re-released, with a new cover.Garth Nix is known
"If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible?If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?"***3.5 staritos*** I keep getting the vibe that this book would've made a great video game. Monsters, evil Overlords, runaway teens, a mysterious mentor.... it could be epic. Shade's Children tells the story of the world fifteen years after the "Change" led to the rule of the
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