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May 17, 2010
JoAnn
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This book had a lot going for it - a dystopian future world, virtual reality games, and mutant teens - but it fell apart on a number of levels. Mika refuses to believe that his twin sister Ellie is dead and somehow feels that she is still alive and being held captive somewhere, but we're never given any evidence that there were any telepathic feelings between them before this happened. Although most of the population seems to be living in crowded, squalid, dark, damp, and moldy surroundings, n
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Mar 24, 2009
Jules
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"The Roar" is... interesting, "Ender's Game" meets a sci-fi environmentalism extreme. I was unimpressed with the writing style itself; a more flowery diction would have gone a long way to portray some of the dream motifs and fantastical, superpower elements prevalent in the storyline, I thought. But then again, it's a science fiction story at its core.
I did enjoy the character development. As the story begins, you assume Ellie is the main character, and keep on wa More...
I did enjoy the character development. As the story begins, you assume Ellie is the main character, and keep on wa More...
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Jan 08, 2009
Amy
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In the future, a plague spreads through all the world's animals. To survive, the humans create a northern wall through Canada, England, etc. Every living thing south of the wall is destroyed while all the people in the world move north of the wall into multi-leveled cities with no plants or animals. Their food is produced from chemicals and mold.
Because of the lack of space, it's 30 years before anyone is allowed to have children. 2 of these children are fraternal twins Ellie and Mik More...
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Oct 25, 2011
"En el aterrador futuro en el que viven los gemelos Mika y Ellie, la humanidad se ha encerrado tras un enorme Muro que los protege de la devastación existente al otro lado, provocada por la mano del hombre al tratar de detener la terrible Plaga Animal. Tras el Muro, los humanos viven hacinados; en el nivel de Las Sombras sufren serios problemas de pobreza y superpoblación, pero aquellos que habitan en las Torres doradas que se alzan más arriba tienen un estilo de vida más que aceptable. Ent
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Jun 12, 2011
Kathleen
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The book is mainly about a boy named Mika. The book shows his struggle to find his twin sister, Ellie. In the beginning of the book, Ellie tries to escape from Mal Gorman, but finds herself in the hands of him again. Mika believes that Ellie is still alive even though mostly everyone around him thinks that she dead. The only one that understands Mika is Helen, his therapist. Helen tells him that if he enters a competition, he has a chance of reuniting with Ellie again. He has to undergo drink
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Jun 10, 2011
Emma
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The epic book known as "The Roar" is a story about a boy named Mika Smith who goes on a daring adventure to save his twin sister, Ellie from the clutches of Mal Gorman. In the beginning, Ellie had almost escaped from Mal Gorman but had fallen into his hands yet again. His parents believe Ellie to be dead but Mika knows she's not and he'll do just about anything to save her. However, the things he does and sacrifices to save her are extraordinary.
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Jun 09, 2011
Jared
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The story revolves around a boy named Mika Smith, who's twin sister has been kidnapped by an evil, corrupt government man named Mal Gorman. The kids of the new generation were the first born in 40 years so the government has devised of a way to keep the kids healthy since they are all living in an unhealthy place where they must eat mold to survive. Once this happens, Mika and a couple of his friends join a competition involving a game called Pod Fighter. Knowing that winning the competition
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May 30, 2011
Hayley
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'Listen. Can you hear it?'
Mika lives in future London, behind The Wall, safe from The Animal Plague beyond.Or so he's been told. But ever since Ellie vanished a year ago, he's suspected that his world may be built on secrets-and lies. When a mysterious organization starts recruiting mutant kids to compete in violent virtual reality games, Mika takes the chance to search for his twin sister-and the truth.
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Mika lives in future London, behind The Wall, safe from The Animal Plague beyond.Or so he's been told. But ever since Ellie vanished a year ago, he's suspected that his world may be built on secrets-and lies. When a mysterious organization starts recruiting mutant kids to compete in violent virtual reality games, Mika takes the chance to search for his twin sister-and the truth.
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May 23, 2011
Lydia
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Mom and I rushed into the library to grab a movie for Friday Movie Night, and me (being the book-starved person that I am) grabbed somewhere around ten books off the shelves. Yes. I judged them by their cover. =O
I have to say--the cover on this one really appealed to me. Probably because it was such a nice change from the fantasy, fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, etc that I'm always reading. Military stuff, it looked like...So I grabbed it.
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I have to say--the cover on this one really appealed to me. Probably because it was such a nice change from the fantasy, fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, etc that I'm always reading. Military stuff, it looked like...So I grabbed it.
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Jan 19, 2011
P.M.
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This book begins with a bang as 12 year old Ellie is on the run in a Pod Fighter accompanied only by a Capuchin monkey named Puck. Ellie was kidnapped about a year ago by the Minister of Youth Development, Mal Gorman who has been recruiting young people for his army of mutant children. Ellie's attempt is fruitless as she is re-captured by Gorman's minions. The narration switches to her twin brother Mika who is firmly convinced that Ellie is still alive. When someone shows up at school touting th
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Jan 12, 2011
Zeek
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A YA book, I would even say it fits for younger audiences- although some elements are quite frightening. I found the hook to be just too obvious- or perhaps simplistic is a more accurate word- for the more seasoned readers of dystopian fiction.
Set in a dark future where some time in the past the animals of earth became infected by a plague, the people of earth are still living behind man made walls in fortified cities. Little does everyone know that the walls and fortification are not More...
Set in a dark future where some time in the past the animals of earth became infected by a plague, the people of earth are still living behind man made walls in fortified cities. Little does everyone know that the walls and fortification are not More...
Jan 04, 2011
Kaitlyn
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Dec 30, 2010
Karissa
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I got this book as an Advanced Reading Copy from the Amazon Vine program. This was an interesting book with a few creative elements and many not so creative elements.
Ellie has been kidnapped by a man seeking to develop her "powers" for some unknown purpose. Mika is her twin left behind; everyone believes Ellie is dead except for him. They both live in a world where the northern hemisphere of the earth is walled in order to protect humans from the evil Animals infected with th More...
Ellie has been kidnapped by a man seeking to develop her "powers" for some unknown purpose. Mika is her twin left behind; everyone believes Ellie is dead except for him. They both live in a world where the northern hemisphere of the earth is walled in order to protect humans from the evil Animals infected with th More...
Nov 02, 2010
Amanda
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Amanda Drozd
The roar by Emma Clayton is about two twelve year olds named Mika and Ellie both born mutant twins. When they were eleven a evil scientist named Mal Gorman kidnaps the sister ,Ellie, after she storms out of their apartment in the Barford North because of an argument with her brother Mika. Even after a year of Ellie being gone Mika can’t believe and feels that Ellie isn’t really dead. Even after the authorities had presumed she was, after n More...
Nov 03, 2010
Ian
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Ian McLean 11.2.2010 The Roar book review
I gave this book a five out of five because I could find nothing wrong with it. In this review I will give you my opinion on the setting, a part in the plot and the conflict/resolution.
There are a some characters in this book that you will need to know about. Mika is the main character that is a troubled boy who can not get over the fact that his sister is dead. W More...
I gave this book a five out of five because I could find nothing wrong with it. In this review I will give you my opinion on the setting, a part in the plot and the conflict/resolution.
There are a some characters in this book that you will need to know about. Mika is the main character that is a troubled boy who can not get over the fact that his sister is dead. W More...
Jun 07, 2010
Aaron
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Mika's life is pretty bleak. He lives on the British coastline behind a giant wall that was erected three decades earlier as a result of the Animal Plague. The plague was not all that different from rabies in that it turned animals of all types, from insects to whales into tremendously dangerous creatures. The populations of the world had to retreat to the far northern and southern countries behind giant walls built to keep animals out. Anything outside of the wall was decimated with poison to e
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Oct 26, 2009
Jennifer
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This was another one of those books that had all the elements I love: the dystopian setting, the overly corrupt government conspiring to control the people to further the greedy aspirations of a wealthy few, the underdog kid who is special but doesn't know it, the evil old man behind the curtain out to get our hero, the cool high-tech gismos... this one was even set in post-apocalyptic England (which stroked my anglophilic fancy).
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Sep 19, 2009
A&E
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If the simple the fact that the story is posed in London in the future doesn't grab your interest, Emma Clayton's thrilling sci-fi novel Roar will pull you in on its own. It gives you a fresh new feel, with a touch of Star Wars added, like a delicious dash of exotic spices. Even though it's from a twelve-year-old's point of view, I think older readers (including myself, of course) will enjoy this book.
Mika lives in futuristic London, behind a huge wall that protects the citizens from More...
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Nov 19, 2011
Bernie
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Warning: **This has spoilers**
This books stats off in the future when the whole population of Earth moved to the northern crown of the Earth and lived behind a towering, giant mass of concrete with super-high voltage razor wire topped with giant guns. Because of a animal plague, where animals destroyed almost everything to try to kill humans, the humans fought back with chemicals and destroyed all living life on the southern side of the wall.
Because of the lack of s More...
This books stats off in the future when the whole population of Earth moved to the northern crown of the Earth and lived behind a towering, giant mass of concrete with super-high voltage razor wire topped with giant guns. Because of a animal plague, where animals destroyed almost everything to try to kill humans, the humans fought back with chemicals and destroyed all living life on the southern side of the wall.
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Dec 19, 2010
Laura
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I picked this one up at the Scholastic Book Fairs warehouse sale because I thought the cover looked both familiar and interesting. I thought, after reading the back, that it would be similar to the Hunger Games, except that the children involved were competing for prizes, not their lives and food for their districts. In that respect, the two stories are similar, however, the intensity of the Hunger Games is not replicated in The Roar.
The basic premise of the story is that Mika, one of More...
The basic premise of the story is that Mika, one of More...
Jul 10, 2009
Laura
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Mika is a twin living in a futuristic world where all of humanity lives in the northern hemisphere of Earth behind a Wall due to an Animal Plague that has made the rest of Earth uninhabitable. Mika is twelve years old and is part of the first generation born since the Plague took hold over 40 years ago. Life is uncomfortable and unpleasant for most people (i.e. the poor people) who have to live in confined spaces, eat colored mold, are terrified of the idea of animals and barely ever see the sun
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May 27, 2009
Jessikah
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A solid 4 stars.
If I was pitching this book I would say its, "'Hunger Games' meets 'Children of Men' with a touch of 'Ender's Game'...WITH MUTANTS."
This fast paced read begins with your standard dystopian society after a horrific event called, "The Animal Plague" which caused all of nature to be destroyed and people to live in squalor behind a wall. We are introduced to Ellie and Mika. A set of twins, who had been separated when the government kidnaped Ell More...
If I was pitching this book I would say its, "'Hunger Games' meets 'Children of Men' with a touch of 'Ender's Game'...WITH MUTANTS."
This fast paced read begins with your standard dystopian society after a horrific event called, "The Animal Plague" which caused all of nature to be destroyed and people to live in squalor behind a wall. We are introduced to Ellie and Mika. A set of twins, who had been separated when the government kidnaped Ell More...
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Jul 14, 2011
Julie
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I had intended to avoid YA dystopian novels after Divergent, but Alex pulled this off the library shelf, and it looked interesting. An Animal Plague has left much of the earth a poisoned wasteland; the surviving population is penned into the Northern Territories, surrounded by a great wall to keep them safe. The rich live in luxurious towers that have been built over the poorer sections, where mold and floodwaters make for an unhealthy, dark life. One year previously, Mika’s twin sister disap
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Aug 27, 2009
Kate
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Mika's twin sister, Ellie, was kidnapped over a year ago and even their parents have given up hope and declared her dead. But Mika has always been able to feel that Ellie was alive somewhere. So he continues his miserable existence in Barford North waiting for the day he will see Ellie again. In school they learn from their computers about the animal plague that cause all of the animals on earth to attack humans and drove the humans to the northern-most areas of the world to live behind a gia
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Jun 09, 2011
Yeon Taek
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The Roar is a very good book that makes you keep on reading it. The book starts with a young girl named Ellie who was taken away from her family by a very old man named Mal Gorman. She tries to desperately escape from Mal Gorman to return to her family, but she fails. Ellie was also believed to be dead by all everybody except her twin brother, Mika. Mika kept sobbing because Ellie was no longer seen even though he knew she was alive. A kind, old lady named Helen helped Mika discuss about his pro
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May 01, 2011
Cherrylea
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Okay, I PROMISE I had no idea that this book had the whole virtual-reality-game thing in it. All of a sudden, every book has it!! But this wasn't really like the others - the game is a small part of the story. It's dystopian fiction, full on full. I know, I know, I read too much of it. But it's different, I promise.
And what's so different? This time, we have a world where people all live squished in bad conditions behind a Wall to keep safe from the Animal Plague. Before, animals went feral More...
And what's so different? This time, we have a world where people all live squished in bad conditions behind a Wall to keep safe from the Animal Plague. Before, animals went feral More...
Jul 30, 2010
Afton
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Still 4 stars even though the ending was awful. Awful unless there is a sequel out there somewhere that will answer my questions. But I searched every end page and could find no indication that this was book one in a series. There were so many things that needed explaining and wrapping up and I was left to make too many assumptions. I needed closure.
Other than that, this was a splendid book. Exciting from the get go--a wonderful read for kids who might not be ready for the inten More...
Other than that, this was a splendid book. Exciting from the get go--a wonderful read for kids who might not be ready for the inten More...
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Sep 08, 2009
Doug
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Set in a futuristic world where a plague has wiped out all the animals on earth, the people of London hide behind a huge wall to stay away from the deadly gasses that killed the animals. The poor live in the damp lower levels of the city while the rich enjoy life in golden apartments atop high pillars. Ellie has been kidnapped and at the start of the novel she is racing back to her family in a pod racer with a capuchin monkey at her side. Apparently she knows a secret that they will stop at
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Aug 22, 2009
Jim
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The Roar is a young adult science fiction novel set in a distant future. The story follows a set of twins. One, Ellie, was abducted the previous year and taken to a secret government space station to receive special training. Her family was told she's dead, but her brother Mika refuses to believe it, and when the government announces a competition on the new Pod Fighter video game at the local arcade, with special prizes going to the winners, he enters the competition believing that victory is t
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Jan 11, 2011
Chris
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"The Roar" was different from any book I've ever read. It reminded me a lot of "The Giver" because of the futuristic and alternative world the characters lived in. I gave "The Roar" a four out of five because I enjoyed it a lot, but it had a few setbacks.
There were several things I liked about the book. The first was the overall plot of the book because it was original. The story was based off of a huge envornment issue with all the animals in the wo More...
There were several things I liked about the book. The first was the overall plot of the book because it was original. The story was based off of a huge envornment issue with all the animals in the wo More...
