A gripping, deeply moving adventure raises startling questions about what it means to be human.
Taylor Walker seems like any ordinary 14-ye... read full description
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Apr 19, 2010
Margaret
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Okay, Dr. Franklin's Island and Siberia: A Novel are not what I would call cheerful, but geez, at least they're not as depressing as Taylor Five. Taylor Walker lives with her biologist parents and her brother in Borneo, where her parents study orangutans; she seems like an ordinary teenager, but she's not -- she's a clone, of her parents' best friend Pam Taylor, a brilliant scientist. When a political uprising destroys Taylor's life as she knows it, she must survive in the jungle with the help o
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Aug 12, 2009
Miriam
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We find out immediately that Taylor is a clone of a famous scientist, but the focus quickly shifts to her life at a primate research station in Borneo. When rebels destroy the station Tay, her brother, and an orangutun who lives at the station must make a long and dangerous journey through the jungle to get help. The plot synopsis makes this sound much more science-fictiony than it is. The fact that Tay is a clone is really only significant in terms of her mental and emotional state: she is not
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May 07, 2008
Amber
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Taylor has a fear: that her identity will soon be discovered and she will no longer be able to live the peaceful life she has always known. She lives on the orangutan reserve on the jungle island of Borneo, which is close to Singapore. Her secret that has been released to the world is that there have been five successful human clones, all teenagers now, but the identities were kept confidential.
Tay knew she was adopted and even that she was a test-tube baby. It did not bother her whe More...
Tay knew she was adopted and even that she was a test-tube baby. It did not bother her whe More...
Dec 20, 2011
Becca
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I read this book a while ago, so this might not be a super accurate review..
After Siberia, which I thought was absolutely AMAZING, I was very excited to read other books by Ann Halam. This one, however, did not quite satisfy me. I was really into the characters and ideas and plot, and I love fast paced books, but this one was... TOO fast paced. I felt like there wasn't enough detail or description, and the end was lacking. The ideas were all there, but they just needed to be more developed
After Siberia, which I thought was absolutely AMAZING, I was very excited to read other books by Ann Halam. This one, however, did not quite satisfy me. I was really into the characters and ideas and plot, and I love fast paced books, but this one was... TOO fast paced. I felt like there wasn't enough detail or description, and the end was lacking. The ideas were all there, but they just needed to be more developed
Sep 04, 2008
Erin
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I read Ann Halam's amazing _Siberia_ last year, and I think that's what motivated me to pick this one out of the YA section of my local library. Ann Halam writes science fiction that's very science-y, but also immensely nuanced and human. And, at least in this book, she does it all in slightly less than 200 pages. Every character felt vivid and multi-dimensional to me, and she has an interesting (and very shades-of-grey) take on human cloning.
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Jun 25, 2010
Leah
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It's an okay book, but it has good messages. It teaches you that even if something bad happens you can grow stronger from that experience and it teaches you that be yourself and don't try to be something your not. I liked the messages.
Sep 29, 2010
Jeff
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An interesting sci-fi-ish YA novel recommendation by Amanda about some kids in an African reserve and a very smart primate. It took a while for me to get immersed in it, but ended up being quite good.
Apr 25, 2007
Amanda
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Heartbreaking. Feels too short to be truly complete. Breathtaking and original.
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