A beautifully tense dystopian read where deception and intrigue lurk at every corner. The author builds her story slowly but surely, settling you in to this very different world of an underwater city and allowing you to understand the processes and mechanisms that keep it alive. The city of Atlantia, protecting its inhabitants, actually feels as though it is one of the central characters. Then there’s the valiant, determined Rio, on finding herself alone she is drawn to her aunt, but will Maire help or hinder her? There is more at stake here than personal feelings and as Atlantia starts to reveal its troubles, an unsettling fog of foreboding begins to prevail. Enjoyably unsettling yet engaging reading, this original story is well worth a read.
Ally Condie is the author of the international bestseller MATCHED, and its sequel, CROSSED. MATCHED was chosen as one of YALSA’s 2011 Teens’ Top Ten, named as one of Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Children’s Books of 2010, selected as the #1 Pick on the Winter Kid’s Indie Next List, and received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publisher’s Weekly. In a starred review for the sequel, CROSSED, Kirkus called the Matched series an “addictive, layered dystopic trilogy.”
A former English teacher (who still keeps her license current, just in case!), she lives with her husband and four children outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. She loves reading, writing, running, and listening to her husband play guitar.
Atlantia features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommendations
Atlantia is available in Paperback, Ebook
Atlantia was written by Ally Condie and published by Penguin Young Readers Group
£9.34
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