Rather chilly, but beautiful today.
I recently received a great review of the book "Birthmarked," by one of our students.
Reader had it finished in only four days.
From School Library Journal
In a dystopian world of the future, apprentice midwife
Gaia, who has served the Enclave faithfully along with her parents, is
thrust suddenly into a crisis. She delivers her first baby independently
of her midwife mother and takes it to the Enclave inside the Wall as
the first of her monthly quota of three newborns. Then her parents are
arrested and she learns that they will soon be executed. Gaia springs
into action and smuggles herself into the Enclave to rescue them. What
follows is an exciting, almost breakneck adventure, as Gaia tries to
discover what information the Enclave wants from her and her mother and
tries to save both of them from prison. Along the way there is a mildly
romantic turn to the story as Gaia develops a friendship and attraction
to one of the soldiers, a man with a mysterious past. This world is one
in which a small society, composed of an elite inside the Wall and a
subservient class outside, is completely cut off from knowledge of
anyone or anything outside of its borders. The rulers are authoritarian
and mysterious and resemble a monarchy rather than the strictly
ideological communitarian system in Lois Lowry's The Giver
(Houghton, 1993). The cliff-hanger ending sets up the action for a
sequel. Readers who enjoy adventures with a strong heroine standing up
to authority against the odds will enjoy this compelling tale.—Sue Giffard, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, New York City
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