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Dove Arising

Dove Arising

Published in
2015
3.58
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Description

Fans of Ender's Game  and The Maze Runner will love this smart sci-fi debut! Phaet Theta has lived her whole life in a colony on the Moon. She’s barely spoken since her father died in an accident nine years ago. She cultivates the plants in Greenhouse 22, lets her best friend talk for her, and stays off the government’s radar. Then her mother is arrested. The only way to save her younger siblings from the degrading Shelter is by enlisting in the Militia, the faceless army that polices the Lunar bases and protects them from attacks by desperate Earth dwellers. Training is brutal, but it’s where Phaet forms an uneasy but meaningful alliance with the preternaturally accomplished Wes, a fellow outsider. Rank high, save her siblings, free her mom:  that’s the plan. Until Phaet’s logically ordered world begins to crumble... Suspenseful, intelligent, and hauntingly prescient, Dove Arising stands on the shoulders of our greatest tales of the future to tell a story that is all too relevant today.
Age
12-15
Text complexity
intermediate
Length
336 pages
Book in series
#1

Why to read

  • Engaging dystopian setting
  • Strong female protagonist
  • Thought-provoking themes
  • Exciting plot twists