false 21185966 786736 2325248 0763635243 9780763635244 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2325248.Kaimira_The_Sky_Village_Book_One 3.72 61 From a village made of hot-air balloons to a subterranean battle arena, two young people struggle to discover who and what they are — and how to use the astonishing powers they share.
High over China, twelve-year-old Mei arrives at the Sky Village, an intricate web of hot-air balloons floating above an Earth where animals battle machines for control. Deep below the ruins of Las Vegas, thirteen-year-old Rom enters a shadowy world where he is commandeered to fight, gladiator-style, against hybrid demons for the entertainment of a mercenary crowd. Mei and Rom have never met, but they share a common journal--a book that allows them to communicate with each other and reveals that they carry the strange and frightening Kaimira gene, entwining aspects of human, beast, and machine within their very DNA. In this thrilling, intricately plotted novel, Mei and Rom must find the courage to balance the powers that lurk within--and overcome outside forces that seek to destroy them--if they are to survive and save the ones they love.]]> 1044773 3.72 61 20 1044772 3.72 61 20 2008 2 1 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 12:53:16 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 13:18:55 -0700 2008
For something written like a pre-teen novel, it tries to be too sophisticated in premise and ideas. I have seen the local publisher's promotional material but it doesn't excite me as much as the new Brian Faulkner, sorry. I'm not really all ...more...]]>