Shade's Children
By Garth Nix
(HarperTeen, Mass Market Paperback, 9780064471961, 352pp.)
Publication Date: October 1998
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Paperback, Prebound, Compact Disc
Categories: Action & Adventure - General, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
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The Key to Survival
Rests in the Hands of
Shade's Children
In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no child shall live a day past his fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the child is the object of an obscene harvest resulting in the construction of a machinelike creature whose sole purpose is to kill.
The mysterious Shade -- once a man, but now more like the machines he fights -- recruits the few children fortunate enough to escape. With luck, cunning, and skill, four of Shade's children come closer than any to discovering the source of the Overlords' power -- and the key to their downfall. But the closer the children get, the more ruthless Shade seems to become ...
Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. A full-time writer since 2001, he has worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. Garth's books include the award-winning fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen, and the science-fiction adventure A Confusion of Princes. His fantasy novels for younger readers include The Ragwitch, the six books of The Seventh Tower sequence, The Keys to the Kingdom series, and Troubletwisters, co-written with Sean Williams. More than five million copies of his books have been sold around the world; his books have appeared on the bestseller lists of the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, the Guardian, and the Australian; and his work has been translated into thirty-nine languages. He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two children.
“A slick, dark, engrossing novel. Grim, unusual, and fascinating.”
-Horn Book Magazine
“An exciting read.”
-Kirkus Reviews
“Fast-paced, exciting, well-written, and engaging.”
-School Library Journal
“The alternate world he [Nix] creates is amply imagined and the twists and turns of the action-filled plot compelling.”
-Publishers Weekly
“This pitch-dark, post-apocalyptic thriller will keep you reading and wild-eyed. Fast, brutal and brilliant.”
-Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies
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