Young Adult Fiction Values & Virtues
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- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2005
- Category
- Values & Virtues, Siblings, General
- Recommended Age
- 12 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Reading age
- 12 to 18
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781551433745
- Publish Date
- Mar 2005
- List Price
- $19.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554697915
- Publish Date
- Mar 2005
- List Price
- $16.99
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Description
Nellie Joanne Kinnan is an Advanced Cadet in the Black Core Program at the Detta training center. Weapons and violence are second nature to this twelve-year-old, but she is never exactly sure what it is she is being trained for. Nellie is a dedicated and skilled cadet. She knows she wants to serve the Goddess and the Empire. But there is so much that she doesn't understand. When a weapons training session brings her face-to-face with her twin, Nellie's world is thrown into turmoil. Suddenly she questions her commitment to the violence that has dominated her young life. As she slowly learns to trust her rebellious twin, she comes to realize that much of what she has been taught about life in both the Interior and the Outbacks is not true. Faced with this reality, Nellie must find new weapons and new strength in her struggle to continue to serve the Goddess.
About the author
In high school Beth Goobie studied and taught piano, wrote stories, and was the recipient of academic and citizenship awards. She worked for a year as a nanny in Holland, then moved to Winnipeg where she studied English literature at the University of Winnipeg (receiving the gold medal) and religious studies at the Mennonite Brethren Bible College. She has worked for many years with physically and sexually abused children and is concerned with issues surrounding the anger and powerlessness of those under legal age. Addressing these issues in her writing, she has published several novels for young adults, including Born Ugly, Mission Impossible, The Lottery and Before Wings, as well as poems and short stories for an adult audience in anthologies and magazines such as Fiddlehead, Malahat Review and Quarry. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Awards
- Short-listed, Saskatchewan Book Award nominee
Excerpt: Fixed (by (author) Beth Goobie)
The chute opened and Nellie hit the threshold to the maze at a full run, body gliding like a snake, eyes alert for movement, any shadow that looked too dense or too oddly shaped. Once inside the small entrance lobby she paused, pivoting side to side in the gloom, one hand hovering at the stun gun in her belt, but the maze's opening section remaining quiet, nothing to be seen or heard except the sledgehammer thud of her heart.
Editorial Reviews
"A fascinating and dark story."
Puget Sound Council
"...dark, complicated, and brilliant....every bit as sophisticated as any adult fantasy/SF..."
KLIATT
"...pulse-pounding action..."
VOYA
"A dramatic and compelling read."
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Goobie's pace is fast and furious....impossible to put down."
CM Magazine
