Monday, October 14, 2013

Magesterium / Jeff Hirsch / 310 pages

Glenn Morgan might as well be an orphan.  Her mother left six years ago and her father is consumed with work on scientific projects.  Glenn dreams of escape and applies to work on Star 1863.  She has lived next to The Rift for all her sixteen years and knows nothing of what lies beyond.  Her only friend, Kevin Kapoor, insists the fence holds back a world of monsters and witchcraft.  Glenn doesn't believe in either, or magic in general.  Her entire belief system in thrown off its axis when her father's work leads to his arrest and her flight into the previously unknown.  This is captivating adventure story set in the dystopian future.  Can Glenn find and save her mother?  At what cost?

Truman Award Preliminary Nominee 2014-15

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