Sunday, July 11, 2010

Book Review: The Other Side of the Island

How far would you go to conform?

Do you always believe what your textbooks and teachers say?
What if you were called a liar for contradicting them?

Would you turn your back on your only friend?
None of the other girls has a best friend who is a boy.
Especially a boy who is an "orphan."

Would you change your name?
Everyone born the same year as you has a name that starts with the same letter.
Honor starts with "H" but it's not pronounced. She STANDS OUT.

Would you ignore your brother at school?
Nobody you know even has a "brother" or "sister."
In fact, these words are profanities.

These are just some of the questions Honor must answer when she and her family relocate to Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea during the Eighteenth Glorious Year of Enclosure.

Rating: 3 Berries = I liked it.



But you don't have to take my word for it.
Check out 3 Evil Cousins: Book reviews 4 and by Teens.
Or Asking the Wrong Questions (an adult point of view) Caution: spoiler alert!

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