Genesis - Hardcover

Beckett, Bernard

3.89

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847247237 ISBN 13: 9781847247230

Publisher: Quercus Children's Books, 2009

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2041 First global dust storms
2050 First shot in The Last War fired
2051 The Great Sea Fence completed; The Republic founded
2052 First plague released
2077 The Great War begins...
Fourteen-year-old Anax thinks she knows her history. She'd better. She's sat facing three Examiners and her grueling five-hour examination has just begun. If she passes, she'll be admitted into The Academy - the elite institution that runs her utopian society.
But Anax is about to discover that for all her learning, the history she's been taught isn't the whole story. And that The Academy isn't what she believes it to be.
The reader is about to discover a provocative novel of dazzling ingenuity. Anax's examination leads us into a future where ancient - eternal - philosophical questions have dramatically collided with the march of technology, where just what it means to be human is up for debate, and where the concealed stain of an Original Sin threatens the very existence of her Brave New World.

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'The pages keep turning until the startling and surprising culmination. There is a great deal for readers to think about but the book is guaranteed to hold their attention and stay in their minds' Carousel. (Carousel)

'Extraordinarily original' Independent. (Independent)

'Highly original, this remarkable thriller fuses intricate ideas with real emotion and suspense. It gripped me like a vice.' Jonathan Stroud. (Jonathan Stroud)

'a very different young adult novel . . . that will make smart teenagers feel very respected' Patrick Ness, Guardian. (Guardian)

Book Description:

What does it mean to be human? Ancient philosophy and future history collide in a provocative thriller of dazzling ingenuity.

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