Freefall
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Margaret K. McElderry Books · Ebook · September 26, 2017
When the 1% and the 99% clash, the fate of the human race hangs on the actions of two teens from very different backgrounds in this thrilling adventure that School Library Journal calls “a strong choice for YA sci-fi shelves.” In the Upperworld, the privileged 1% are getting ready to abandon a devastated planet Earth.
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- Who it’s for
- Class conflict, young love, and a thousand-year voyage give this sci-fi adventure its sharp edge.
- Themes
- Class inequality, Space colonization, Romance
- Genres
- Space Opera for Teens, YA Dystopian Fiction, YA Sci-Fi Romance
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When the 1% and the 99% clash, the fate of the human race hangs on the actions of two teens from very different backgrounds in this thrilling adventure that School Library Journal calls “a strong choice for YA sci-fi shelves.” In the Upperworld, the privileged 1% are getting ready to abandon a devastated planet Earth. And Cam can’t wait to leave. After sleeping through a 1,000-year journey, he and his friends will have a pristine new planet to colonize.
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And no more worries about the Lowerworld and its 99% of rejects. Then Cam sees a banned video feed of protesters in the Lowerworld who also want a chance at a new life. And he sees a girl with golden eyes who seems to be gazing directly at him. A girl he has to find. Sofie. When Cam finds Sofie, she opens his eyes to the unfairness of their world, and Cam joins her cause for Lowerworld rights. He also falls hard for Sofie. But Sofie has her own battles to fight, and when it’s time to board the spaceships, Cam is alone. Waking up 1,000 years in the future, Cam discovers that they are far off-course, trapped on an unknown and hostile planet. Who has sabotaged their ship? And does it have anything to do with Sofie, and the choices—and the enemies—he made in the past?
Worlds in Tension
Class conflict, young love, and a thousand-year voyage give this sci-fi adventure its sharp edge.
Come here for
- A privileged teen drawn into a fight for the Lowerworld
- Young love amid class divisions and a risky departure from Earth
Expect
- A thousand-year voyage that wakes into danger on an unknown planet
- Old choices shadowing a struggle to survive
Where it sits
| YA Dystopian Fiction | 52% |
|---|---|
| YA Sci-Fi Romance | 47% |
| Space Opera for Teens | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Adventure
- Space Opera for Teens
- Class & Inequality for Teens
- Authors
- Joshua David Bellin
- Publisher
- Margaret K. McElderry Books
- Published
- September 26, 2017
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Class inequality · Space colonization · Romance
- Reading lane
- YA Adventure