Saving Sky
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 24, 2010
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- Who it’s for
- Rural independence meets a tense reckoning with injustice, told with humor, hope, and fierce determination.
- Themes
- Standing against injustice, Courage, A child changing the world
- Genres
- Dystopian, Friendship, War & Military Stories
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The country is at war, terrorists strike at random, widespread rationing is in effect, and the power grid is down. But thirteen-year-old Sky Brightman is remarkably untouched by it all. She lives off the grid on sixty acres of rural New Mexico ranch land with chores to do and horses to ride and no television or internet to bring disturbing news into her family's adobe house. Sky's schoolmates think she's a little weird.
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Then a string of mysterious arrests begins, and her new friend, Kareem, becomes a target. Sky is finally forced to confront the world in all its complexity. Summoning her considerable courage and ingenuity, she takes a stand against injustice. With humor, hope, and fierce determination, she proves that even a child can change the world.
A Wider World
Rural independence meets a tense reckoning with injustice, told with humor, hope, and fierce determination.
Come here for
- A young protagonist confronting a world beyond her sheltered routine
- A story about courage, friendship, and taking a stand
Expect
- Rural New Mexico, horses, chores, and life off the grid
- A serious subject balanced with humor and hope
Where it sits
| Dystopian | 71% |
|---|---|
| War & Military Stories | 52% |
| Friendship | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Kids' Fiction
- Family Stories
- Alternative Family Stories
- Historical Middle East
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- Growing Up
- Friendship
- New Experiences
- Prejudice & Racism
- Authors
- Diane Stanley
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 24, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Standing against injustice · Courage · A child changing the world
- Reading lane
- Kids' Fiction