CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2002
"The crystalline realization of this wildly dystopic future carries in it obvious and enormous implications for today's readers--satire at its finest. (Fiction. YA)"
"I don't know when they first had feeds. Like maybe, fifty or a hundred years ago. Before than, they had to use their hands and their eyes. Computers were all outside the body. They carried them around outside of them, in their hands, like if you carried your lungs in a briefcase and opened it to breathe."
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2008
"Impressive world-building, breathtaking action and clear philosophical concerns make this volume, the beginning of a planned trilogy, as good as The Giver and more exciting. (Science fiction. 11 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 31, 2012
"Overall, a promising book that would have benefited from another draft or two. (Fantasy/romance. 13 & up)"
For thousands of years in Range, the same one million souls have been born, lived, died and been reborn. But when Ciana died, she wasn't reborn: Ana was born, for the first time.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 24, 2012
"A probably harmless, entirely forgettable series opener. (Dystopian romance. 13 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2010
"Well done indeed. (Science fiction. 10 & up)"
This interesting dystopic series opener from debut author Hall follows the fortunes of Rachel, whose mother, Vivian, is "Gainfully Employed" by Ms. Moore, owner of an orchid business, a "Private Enterprise."
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2005
"Some heavy-handedness, but the awesome ending thrills with potential. (Science fiction. YA)"
With a beginning and ending that pack hefty punches, this introduction to a dystopic future promises an exciting series.
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