From: Carrie Schadle <bz227>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 09:07:02 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 28 Aug 1997, Sue Fondrie wrote:



I know I just posted but that was before I read this message. I promise I'll shut up after this. (Yeah, right). Garth Nix's new book (which I also reviewed for SLJ), _Shade's Children_, is also a great one. I'm not sure you could recommend it if someone wasn't a pretty hardcore science fiction fan, though. It is about a time in the not too distant future when the world has been taken over by a group of 7 warlords who do away with everyone over the age of fourteen. They round up all the kids and keep them in dormitories until they are big enough to be used either as breeders or parts for these horrendous creatures they use in their war games. There are some escapees that live underground and are organized by a computer called Shade, who claims he is working to overthrow the powers that be. It was really gripping, very well-imagined, plus the good guys win in the end. Okay, I'm done.

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