In fifteen year-old Adrian Havoc's world, Homestate rules every aspect of society: identity cards need to be carried at all times, evolution is a ...
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Mar 24, 2011
Lucy
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Adrian Havoc is tired of toeing the line. He is sick of following the rules, sick of being indoctrinated with Rapture propaganda, sick of not knowing what happened to his father who went to the moon and stopped writing to him. When his mother, a prominent scientist, goes off on a mysterious government mission, Adrian is tired of sitting around. One thing leads to another, and he finds himself on a mission to rescue an aged penguin, along with a very attractive zookeeper and his somewhat psych
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Mar 06, 2009
Keri
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My 5th grader recently read this young adult novel and demanded I read it as well. It was great. A mix between reading The Road and The Giver, but written for young teens. Set in the near future, Massachusettes has been nuked, and the country is called "The United Christian States", where the topic of evolution is forbidden and "The Raptures" are shown daily. Pretty heavy stuff, but written in a light, age appropriate way, that has you zooming through the pages.
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May 10, 2010
Kelly
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This is another dystopian novel. I'm pretty sure it's set in the fairly close future. People are living in the aftermath of nuclear (I'm guessing) war. It's been long enough ago that things are more or less okay but recently enough that you still can't eat much of what grows.
So Adrian and his sister Shriek (really named Melody, but everyone calls her Shriek) live with their scientist mother. Everyone's gotten religious after the war, and Christianity is mandatory. (The Jews are More...
So Adrian and his sister Shriek (really named Melody, but everyone calls her Shriek) live with their scientist mother. Everyone's gotten religious after the war, and Christianity is mandatory. (The Jews are More...
Jun 28, 2009
Brenda
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Fifteen-year-old Adrian lives in a world where the government is officially a religious cult called HomeState. Ever since the day of destruction, HomeState has required all individuals to pray for forgiveness and to make ready for the end of the world. Science has been outlawed. Libraries have been shut down. All information has been screened. But for Adrian, the problems are more than just the government. His father is supposedly on the Moon but he hasn't heard from him in over a year. Hi
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Oct 04, 2011
Loryn
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Adrian Havoc lives in a world where the government has complete control over its people, and religion is the basis for how things work. If you are not part of the “right” religion, you are moved out of the main city. Every day is one day closer to the Shift; the apocalypse. Adrian is fairly lucky in this world, his mom is a scientist (she does go against everything the government believes though) and he has a quirky sister who can see the future. Adrian’s father though, he has been missing ev
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Dec 22, 2011
Donna
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SHIFT had such crazy potential if you're reading the blurb but getting into it, it just felt rushed. Scenes changed in a jolted, jerky sort of way and information was thrown at you without much explanation. Like how the US got to be in this Homestate situation to begin with. Apparently nuclear bombs dropped and took out all of Massachusetts. From what I could tell, Adrian was living in either Connecticut or Rhode Island. Based on driving distance and the directions they were talking about travel
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Jun 01, 2009
Abby
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Oct 20, 2010
Cindy
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Adrian is a fifteen year old living in a very changed time. His father disappeared years ago and his mother is off working on some top-secret project. The government and religion have mixed and life in our country is rapidly changing. Adrian and his sister decide to join an expedition to save some penguins and the adventure proves to be more than they expected. This is a gripping and captivation story. It is well written with characters that are formed quickly and fantastic descriptions of
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Aug 03, 2009
Rhonda
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Adrian is fifteen, his sister is always singing, his mom works too much for the government, and his dad is on the moon, maybe (they haven't heard from him in 5 years). The world has changed since his dad has been gone. Homestate rules everything that a person does and you don't dare leave your house without your id card. But something is about to happen according to the message Adrian discovers on their phone and his mom has disappeared. SHIFT is about to occur. Is it the end of the world?
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Jan 11, 2009
Rachael
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Adrian Havoc used to think he had the best of both worlds, but that was before his father never came back from the moon and his mother started stressing over work. His parents are people of science and math, employed, strangely, but the religious government called Homestate. Homestate controls everything in Adrian’s home of Atro City, from simple things like admission to the zoo to mandatory religious education under the state religion. Now that Shift is approaching, the end of the world or so t
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Feb 04, 2009
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Title: Shift
Author: Charlotte Agell
Grade: B
Ideal Audience: Boys & Girls 12+
Summary: Adrian lives in a future world. The government, or "Homestate", has pretty much taken over the world, and controls practically every aspect of people's daily lives. They have also forced Christianity upon everybody (those who practice other religions are ostracized), and saying prayers and watching religious shows are mandatory.
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Title: Shift
Author: Charlotte Agell
Grade: B
Ideal Audience: Boys & Girls 12+
Summary: Adrian lives in a future world. The government, or "Homestate", has pretty much taken over the world, and controls practically every aspect of people's daily lives. They have also forced Christianity upon everybody (those who practice other religions are ostracized), and saying prayers and watching religious shows are mandatory.
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Sep 29, 2008
Tasha
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In a frighteningly possible future, Homestate rules the land. Evolution is not allowed to be discussed let alone taught in schools, watching religious programming is required, and the End of the World is approaching according to many. This all happened after terrorists bombed Boston with nuclear weapons, creating a swath of dead land across the Eastern United States. To the north of the Deadlands which still swirl with radioactive dust lies a land of horrible devastation and crazy people. At
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Feb 27, 2011
This book is insanely hard to summarize! I’m going to do my best and hopefully you will get the jist of it.
Adrian Havoc lives in a world much like our own. Actually it is our world, or could possibly be our world sometime in the future. Somewhere, somehow something went wrong and now half of the country is toxic due to the fallout. The government controls every aspect of society. You do what they say, when they say, no matter what. You believe in God, period, under no circumstance do More...
Adrian Havoc lives in a world much like our own. Actually it is our world, or could possibly be our world sometime in the future. Somewhere, somehow something went wrong and now half of the country is toxic due to the fallout. The government controls every aspect of society. You do what they say, when they say, no matter what. You believe in God, period, under no circumstance do More...
Jul 05, 2008
Becky
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Agell, Charlotte. 2008. Shift.
"Mom and I have been having the same argument for so many weeks now that we've got it down cold. We can run the long version or the short version, depending on what's up, but it never really changes. It would be funny, if it wasn't boring me to death.
"Adrian, you have to sign up for Vacation Bible School." She usually has her arms crossed, as if that makes what she's saying more serious.
"No."
"It's a graduat More...
"Mom and I have been having the same argument for so many weeks now that we've got it down cold. We can run the long version or the short version, depending on what's up, but it never really changes. It would be funny, if it wasn't boring me to death.
"Adrian, you have to sign up for Vacation Bible School." She usually has her arms crossed, as if that makes what she's saying more serious.
"No."
"It's a graduat More...
Sep 21, 2009
deliabookworm
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A wonderfully well-written book. The first-person perspective is pulled off very well. Adrian's voice and thoughts are great to read, Agell gets into the head of a 15-year-old boy perfectly.
My main two problems with the story were that the plot didn't flow very easily, and the characters other than Adrian were just...blah. The parents and their situations, as well as the little sister, were all ones I've read many times before.
to be finished later
My main two problems with the story were that the plot didn't flow very easily, and the characters other than Adrian were just...blah. The parents and their situations, as well as the little sister, were all ones I've read many times before.
to be finished later
Aug 04, 2011
Stacy
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Not really recommended for adult readers, I can see this working well for younger teens, especially boys who are attracted to "edgy" or rebellious concepts. Dystopian future with a mix of nuclear disaster, Christian theocracy and some global science that never really came together for me.
Apr 10, 2009
Jinnie
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Futuristic tale of a world in which Boston has been nuked by evil conservative Christians who plot the end of the world based on questionable science and fear. An interesting ending, but what's with the penguin?
Aug 31, 2011
Marisa
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I really hope that there is a sequel to this book. It held my attention at every turn of the page. I didn't even want to go to bed last night so that I could finish it.
Mar 08, 2010
Michelle
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This book is just way too preachy! The message was way too obvious. The ending was such a let down because there was hardly any closer. Also, I don't like when authors swear, especially in YA books.
Feb 09, 2010
Emma
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Shift is kinda a weird book but once you get into it youre somewhat hooked on the story and you just have to know what's going to happen.
Jan 29, 2009
Odette
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Oct 05, 2008
Dodie
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I'd put this in the post-apocalyptic fiction category - funny and smart Adrian knows there is something more to the strange Homestate rules than religious fervor. His scientist mother is missing, and his Dad seems weirdly calm about. When Leonara, a bold questioning teen, enters the picture, Adrian ends up being part of her plan to disrupt the order of their enforced society, and discover the secret inside 'the mountain'. The story moves at a good clip and Agell draws excellent characterizations
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