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MARTians
MARTians
Reviewed by: Karen Sandlin Silverman - Scarborough High School / Scarborough Middle School, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: January 13, 2016
Review
Zoe Zindleman lives in a dystopian world where big box retailers AllMART and Q-MART have all the power. Government is shrinking -- her school is closed abruptly and she and her classmates are declared graduates even though they have more than a year to go, the buses no longer run, and she lives in an abandoned subdivision where most houses are without power and water. On graduation day, she and her fellow students are assigned their roles, including one sent directly to prison. Zoe lands a job at AllMART where she meets her former neighbor MORTimmer. ZERO (her employee nametag name) ends up moving to an abandoned strip mall with MORTimmer and others abruptly left behind. Interspersed with quotes from Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, the tone is surreal and otherworldly. Not a page-turner but definitely a book ripe for discussion.
Overall Book Score: very good
About the Book
Author:
Woolston, Blythe
Illustrator: ,
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: science fiction
Audience: grades 4-6,grades 7-9,grades 10-12
Binding Type: Choose Binding Type
Binding Quality: excellent
ISBN: 9780763677565
Price: 16.99