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Grove, S. E. THE WANING AGE New York, New York : Viking, 2019. IL YA ISBN 9780451479853 |
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This
book has a little bit of everything: science fiction,
mystery, adventure, revenge, and family ties. This
book starts in present day where orphaned siblings Nat
and Cal are surviving in a world where children “wane,”
or lose their ability to experience true emotions.
After an encounter with an affluent woman and her son,
who has a bad reaction to a synthetic drug (synaff)
designed to replicate emotion, a domino of events take
place. Cal is unique. Despite being waning age, he seems to be experiencing emotions in the same if not greater intensity as time goes on. His sister, Nat, has already waned, yet seems to be driven by strong emotions when the RealCorp Company essentially kidnaps her brother. Nat will not be fooled and she will not lose her brother. As plan after plan falls through, Nat must rely on her cunning intuition and martial art skills to get her brother back. ( Prepared by: Leslie McDuffie, Newberry High School, lmcduffie@newberry.k12.sc.us) (South Carolina Book Awards, 2020-2021) |
| SUBJECTS: Kidnapping -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction. Fantasy. |
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