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The Roar (The Roar, #1)

Emma Clayton

Why we're reading this: Mika and Ellie live in a future behind a wall: Solid concrete topped with high-voltage razor wire and gua…more
[close] Mika and Ellie live in a future behind a wall: Solid concrete topped with high-voltage razor wire and guarded by a battalion of Ghengis Borgs, it was built to keep out the animals, because animals carry the plague. At least that's what Ellie, who was kidnapped as a child, has always been taught.
But when she comes to suspect the truth behind her captivity, she's ready to risk exposure to the elements and answer the call of the wild. Listen. Can you hear it? She's strapping on her headset, jumpstarting her Pod Fighter, and--with her capuchin monkey at her back--she's breaking out!

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Jan 02, 2009 Amy rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, amazon-vine, young-adult, plague, post-apocalyptic, 2009-books-read

In the future, a plague spreads through all the world's animals. To survive, the humans create a northern wall through Canada, England, etc. Every living thing south of the wall is destroyed while all the people in the world move north of the wall into multi-leveled cities with no plants or animals. Their food is produced from chemicals and mold.

Because of the lack of space, it's 30 years before anyone is allowed to have children. 2 of these children are fraternal twins Ellie and Mika. When Elli ...more

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Jun 07, 2009 Jennifer Wardrip marked it as to-read

Shelves: teen, trt-posted-reviews, apocalyptic-dystopian, series-bk-1, not-on-kindle, library-bloomington

Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com

THE ROAR is the latest in a new trend toward futuristic YA novels. Like THE HUNGER GAMES and GONE, the setting is the future after the world has been changed by time and the mistakes of humankind. It's about survival, and teens play a significant role.

Mika and Ellie are siblings split apart by conditions beyond their control. Everyone but Mika believes that Ellie is dead. Something tells him that if he can just figure it out, he mig ...more

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