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Noa Blake is just another normal 15-year-old with exams looming. Except in the Territory normal isn't normal. The richest children have a node in the back of their necks and can download information, bypassing the need to study. In a flooded world of dwindling resources, Noa and the other ' Norms' have their work cut out even to compete. And competing is everything - because anybody who fails the exams will be shipped off to the Wetlands and a life of misery, if not certain death. But how to focus when your heart is being torn in two directions at once? And when the exams are over, the fight has only just begun...
About the author
Sarah Govett read Law at Oxford University. After qualifying as a solicitor, she set up her own tutoring agency, Govett Tutors, which specialises in helping children from all backgrounds prepare for exams. Sarah has also written for children's television. Sarah is the author of the critically acclaimed The Territory trilogy. The first book was shortlisted for The Times Chickenhouse Children's Fiction Prize, won the Gateshead YA Book Prize in January 2017 and won the Trinity Schools Book Award 2018. She has recently published the YA comedy India Smythe Stands Up (Marotte Books). In addition to her speaking engagements at schools across the UK, Sarah has appeared at the Southbank Literature Festival, the Barnes Children's Literature Festival, The Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Bradford Literature Festival, Godolphin Literary Festival and the Cheltenham Children's Literature Festival. She is also a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. Sarah lives in London with her husband and three young children. Find out more about Sarah at www.sarahgovett.com.
Summary
Noa lives in a Britain where flooding means land is scarce. Everyone must sit an exam at fifteen: if you pass you can stay in the Territory; if you fail you must go to the Wetlands. Rich families can buy their children an upgrade, but ‘Norms’ must succeed on their own...
