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Release date
December 9, 2008 -
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- ISBN: 9780375892370
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- ISBN: 9780375892370
- File size: 496 KB
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- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 5.7
- Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty: 4
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Publisher's Weekly
August 30, 1999
In the tradition of Andre Norton and Marion Zimmer Bradley, Carmody embarks on a promising new series featuring telepathy, empathy and other psychic talents. On an Earth nearly wiped out by radiation and chemicals that have whitened the sky and poisoned the land, surviving humans have built a semi-agrarian culture. Though their own religious leaders, the Herders, have paranormal powers, they persecute the mutated Misfits, whose psychic abilities they view as a form of subversion. Thus, Elspeth Gordie, an orphan, conceals her exceptional abilities (prophetic visions, the ability to communicate with animals) from the other workers around her. Nonetheless, she is discovered and taken to the legendary Obernewtyn, an isolated town reputedly full of horrors. But instead of the tortures she expects, Elspeth finds friends and learns of the harmful experiments performed elsewhere upon talented Misfits and of the destructive powers that may have survived the Age of Chaos that ruined Earth. Though most of Carmody's characters are clearly bad or good, she avoids blatant stereotyping by imbuing many with conflicting interests. She also presents the Herders' primitive culture in considerable and vivid detail, from Elspeth's arduous ride through the Western Mountains to a farmer's daily life of toil and gossip. Despite their abilities, the Misfits are at the mercy of their superstitious culture and those who run Obernewtyn--a plight that generates convincing plot turns. This is the first novel by Carmody, an Australian children's writer, to appear in the States. Readers will look forward to more. -
The Horn Book
January 1, 2009
Elspeth's strange psychic powers make her a Misfit, one of the many mutants born after the nuclear holocaust. Exiled to Obernewtyn, a remote prison farm where Misfits undergo sinister experiments, Elspeth helps overthrow the wardens' plot to find and control the "Beforetime" apocalyptic weapons. Though Carmody's premise and prose are unoriginal, her world is substantially developed and packed with mysteries; this engrossing series opener leaves readers wanting more.(Copyright 2009 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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- ATOS Level:5.7
- Interest Level:9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty:4
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