I often booktalk books for my students in an effort to entice them to read something maybe a little different than they would normally. Because of the large number of booktalks I end up doing over the course of the year, I do not have time to read them all before I tell my students about them. Today's book is one that I have been telling my students about since we got it last year. It alwasy sounded interesting, but just never had the chance to pick it up myself. After several of my students raved about it, I decided that it was my turn to read it.
Callum is a boy in a world where females are extinct....or are they. He meets Bo after he has run away from his kidnappers, when she finds him during her daily hunt for food. Bo and Callum are on a mission to get across the dangerous continent and to the "safe" city of Vulture's Gate, and away from the Outstationers who are out for Callum's blood. When they finally arrive at Vulture's Gate, nothing is like Callum remembers it and they must both fight for survival.
This is a post-apocalyptic novel set roughly 40 years in the future. Not only is it a great story, that is screaming for a sequel, but it is also a commentary of sorts on the world and humans' treatment of it. I finished it late last night and I'm still mulling it over in my mind...how can we improve things now so we don't end up like Callum and Bo.....
This title was previously published as Vulture's Gate, in case the story sounds a little familiar to some of you.
Happy Reading!
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