Taken

Zusatztext "A dramatic work that is reminiscent of Lois Lowry's The Giver and will appeal to fans of Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games." Informationen zum Autor Erin Bowman is the critically acclaimed author of numerous books for children and teens, including the Taken Trilogy,  Vengeance Road ,  Retribution Rails , the Edgar Award-nominated Contagion duology,  The Girl and the Witch’s Garden , and the forthcoming  Dustborn . A web designer turned author, Erin has always been invested in telling stories–both visually and with words. Erin lives in New Hampshire with her husband and children.   You can visit her online at www.embowman.com. Klappentext There are no men in Claysoot. There are boys—but every one of them vanishes at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. The ground shakes, the wind howls, a blinding light descends . . . and he's gone. They call it the Heist. Gray Weathersby's eighteenth birthday is mere months away, and he's prepared to meet his fate—until he finds a strange note from his mother and starts to question everything he's been raised to accept: the Council leaders and their obvious secrets, the Heist itself, and what lies beyond the Wall that surrounds Claysoot—a structure that no one can cross and survive. Climbing the Wall is suicide, but what comes after the Heist could be worse. Should he sit back and wait to be taken—or risk everything on the hope of the other side? Zusammenfassung Fans of Incarceron by Catherine Fisher and Variant by Robison Wells won't want to miss this magnetic first book in a gripping dystopian sci-fi series. Marie Lu! New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy! raves that Taken is "an action-packed thrill ride from beginning to end. More! please!" Gray Weathersby has grown up expecting to disappear at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. They call it the Heist—and it happens to every boy in Claysoot. His only chance at escape is to climb the Wall that surrounds Claysoot. A climb no one has ever survived . . . ...

Product details

• Authors: Erin Bowman
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.2013
• EAN: 9780062117267
• ISBN: 978-0-06-211726-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 217 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Taken
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Narrative literature; YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Mysteries & Detective Stories *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Action & Adventure / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Girls & Women *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Science Fiction / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Romance / Paranormal *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Action & Adventure / Pirates *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Dystopian *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Science Fiction / Time Travel, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Science Fiction / Romance, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Fantasy / Romance, the contagion next time;maybe;taken;dystopia-bizarre