<![CDATA[Floodland]]>

false <![CDATA[Floodland]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183661473m/1443965.jpg 1443965 9 Ten-year-old Zoe is desperate. In a not-too-distant future where the polar ice caps have melted and most of the planet's land is underwater, she is alone with one precious possession--a rowboat. With it, she can navigate the few bits of land still visible in search of her parents, from whom she was accidentally separated. That is, until she is captured on one desolate shore by a band of impoverished teenagers who call themselves the Eels. On the Eels' island, Zoe's boat is stolen and she is taken prisoner by the gang's savage young leader, Dobby. The only reasonable person left on the island is its sole adult, ironically nicknamed Mad William. Though Dobby's gang dismisses him as crazy, Zoe quickly understands that William's strange mutterings hold the secret to finding both dry land and her parents. Now all she has to do is find her boat, gather provisions, and manage to escape Dobby's grasp before the ever rising water closes over the Eels' island forever. First-time author Marcus Sedgwick's Floodland is an inspired mix of Lord of the Flies, Survivor, and Tomb Raider, guaranteed to captivate the most reluctant teen readers with deceptively simple prose and a richly imagined plot that could very well come to pass. Sedgwick adds his own stunning, original woodcut illustrations that help communicate the dreary yet barren beauty of the watery setting. All in all, this is a brilliant debut, reminiscent of Garth Nix's Shade's Children and Adam Rapp's The Copper Elephant. (Ages 10 and older) --Jennifer Hubert 1434620 2000 Floodland total:36|5:6|4:11|3:14|2:2|1:3| 36 123 71 4 3 0 false false Sun Sep 13 21:04:06 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 21:07:07 -0700 2009 The Lord of the Flies, which almost scared me away. It doesn't get to that point, thankfully. Zoe, through accident, has been left alone in Norwich, which rising waters has isolated. She manages to escape, only to come to another island where civilization has fled. She's det...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jan 18 17:06:40 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 17:08:29 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 05 11:29:31 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 02:42:56 -0800 2008
The story is set some time in the not too distant future. England has been almost completly reclaimed by the sea. Zoe, the heroine of the story hasnt seen her father and her sick mother since they sailed away fro...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Sat Sep 08 15:38:16 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 15:39:18 -0700 2007 Teens struggle to survive on the islands that were once England.]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 18 13:58:42 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 13:58:42 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 11:37:31 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 11:37:31 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Nov 15 03:27:48 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 03:27:48 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 18:51:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 18:52:51 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 19:35:16 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 19:35:16 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Nov 02 12:27:52 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:27:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 18:09:30 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:09:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 15:35:32 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 15:35:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 12:33:54 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 12:33:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 12:33:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 12:33:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 09:21:13 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 09:21:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 26 17:31:48 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 17:31:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 25 16:08:47 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 14:35:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 25 14:58:49 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 14:58:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 22 20:02:10 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 20:02:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 22:11:06 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 22:11:06 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1443965