Australian Writers
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Gemina
- The Illuminae files - 02
Allen & Unwin 2016 $25.00pb 659pp
ISBN 9 781 9252 6657 3
Themes: Series/ Space
stations/ Survival (of course!)
There have been so
many stories over the years about space stations and the survival of the
universe that I must confess I did pick this one up (and it is a weighty book
with its 650 pages) with a bit of trepidation. I am not a space story addict.
However, from about three pages in, the unusual combination of emails/ photos/transcripts/
IMs and schematics and above all the youthful energy and wit of the writers who
have brought it all together had me totally in thrall. I couldn’t wait to go on
reading and looking as soon as I had a spare moment (and ordering the first
book Illuminae). Hanna - the once
social butterfly- and Nik the not
so enthusiastic member of an active crime family, make characters we care about
as they prepare to defend their home. I predict this will be a book young adult
readers will either reject out of hand or will fall upon it, read it to death
(library copies will get very worn after a couple of issues) and clamour loudly for more.
Year 8 up/ Age 12 up
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