What’s that science fiction book that has the world separated into two halves by an invisible wall with the desert region containing low tech "criminals” on one hemisphere and a high tech society with a lush landscape on the other?

[Alden]

I read this book sometime before 2006, and I believe the intended audience was teens. the high tech side had flying vehicles and advanced weapons, while the low tech side only had basic chemical projectile weapons and was inhabited criminals and their descendants.

[Andy]

Do you mean "Coventry" by Robert Heinlein? Coventry

[Alden]

Andy wrote: "Do you mean "Coventry" by Robert Heinlein? Coventry"

I looked at the synopsis for Coventry and that wasn't it, from what I remember the book is written from the perspective of a (late teens) boy who was born on the low tech side of the wall. In the book the wall bisects the entire planet so that there are just the two sides.

[Brittany]

Sounds like the movie Elysium. I don't know if it was based on a book, though

[Andy]

Kyle wrote: "Andy wrote: "Do you mean "Coventry" by Robert Heinlein? Coventry"

I looked at the synopsis for Coventry and that wasn't it, from what I remember the book is written from the perspe..."

Okay. Must be a different story.

[Harley]

I believe I am trying to find this same book. If I recall correctly I think the main characters name is Conner or something with a "C." I also think the book starts with a "C" or has a prefix of "UN." I'm not sure. I myself think this is the book I am looking for, young-adult and science fiction. I remember reading it from like a scholastic news letter in early high school. I can close my eyes and picture the cover of the book but not the name.

[Alden]

Harley wrote: "I believe I am trying to find this same book. If I recall correctly I think the main characters name is Conner or something with a "C." I also think the book starts with a "C" or has a prefix of "U..."

I remember in the beginning of the book the main character is out hunting with a disk-thrower-type thing I think, then soon thereafter he encounters a person from the other side of the wall and winds up stealing that persons air car then going to the other side of the wall. at least that's how I think it went down.

[Harley]

Was this book a series? I cannot recall if it was or not but I know I only read the one book.

[Alden]

Harley wrote: "Was this book a series? I cannot recall if it was or not but I know I only read the one book."

Not that I know of, i believe that it was a standalone story.

[Harley]

So I believe I was thinking about a different book with all the talk about it having a character named "Conner" or being prefixed with "UN"

[Jay]

The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick?

The main character is a boy who lives in a post-apocalypse-type wasteland run by gangs, he teams up with a writer and a girl from the rich part of the planet, they use her flying vehicle to cross the border (a minefield?) The other side is paradise, high technology, and lush greenery. The boy asks why they painted the ground green because he's never seen grass before.

[Blue]

This sounds like a film Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess was in.

[Blue]

bump

[Zev]

This might be a long shot, but could the book be "The Shore of Women"?