What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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Whispers from the Grave
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SOLVED. YA Sci fi Girl has radio earrings and walls that change color. [s]
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Some parts sound similar to Earthseed
. Did the children fight in this "game?" What were the scientist trying to achieve?
Sorry my questions are a little confusing. Any little details you remember may stand out to someone. So feel free to post them :)
They weren't meant to fight each other - but it happened, because they were teenagers.The scientists were actually trying to train the kids to live on the planet, in small sessions, which got longer and longer each time they went. On the first session they had to set up a house, next session try and find plants and wildlife. Basically it was free labor on a new planet.
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fits the description of the cover. And if it's that one--there have been many, many, MANY requests for help finding it. It seems to have really stuck in people's minds. (And yes, I did have to find a copy and read it, what can I say--I figure if it had that much impact, it was worth my time and effort, right?)
Colleen, I do think you're meshing two books. It does happen a lot. There's no ear clip or colored walls in Invitation to the Game. I read that just last week, for the same reason Ann did. Good book, esp. for the intended audience (though the cover is definitely misleading).
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Yes, Invitation to the Game is one - I thought I might be mushing two together... Should I mark this partially solved? haha
And I don't think it is "This Place Has No Atmosphere", since it was a book I read in middle school, which was about 20 years ago.
But the Invitation to the Game is one of the two! Can I mark this as partially solved? lol
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Any idea which parts of the original post are still to be found?
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Are you still looking for this?
Yes, the story with mp3 like earrings, and liquid wall colors.
Whispers from the Grave, by Leslie Rule has both those elements (MP3 ear chips and color change walls).https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
There is also a time-travel element where she goes back to the 1970s to stop a relative's murder.
The book is not available from my library, but I will say it sounds right. Feel free to mark it solved. Thanks everyone!
Colleen wrote: "The book is not available from my library, but I will say it sounds right. Feel free to mark it solved. Thanks everyone!"I believe it is out of print, but you can probably still find it used somewhere :)
It is on Amazon, I might grab it next time I have an order :)
Good news! I found it in my parent's basement! Yay free
Excellent! Now you can be really sure.
Colleen wrote: "Good news! I found it in my parent's basement! Yay free"Free is always good :) Hope it's as good as you remember. I recently re-read my old, old copy from a box of books I was going through to maybe donate (which is why I was able to answer the question) and it...well... it was written in the 1990s and the standards for YA Lit weren't as high as they were today. Also, my personal standards weren't as developed as they are now. Still, it was a good bit of fun to revisit.
What's the Name of That Book???
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I *think* this might be a book called something like "The Game" where teenagers are sent to another planet to terraform/repopulate (but the scientists convince them that it is only a game) BUT maybe I'm meshing together two books?
The cover for "The Game" at least had a 90's illustration of a girl with what looked like big silver ski goggles on, her hair blowing back