Burning Midnight
by Will McIntosh ISBN: 9780553534122 First Release: March 2016 Source: Junior Library Guild - www.juniorlibraryguild.com Sully and Hunter are in the business of finding and selling useful colored spheres, mysteriously hidden all over the world. Their latest find? A golden sphere with unimaginable powers. School Library Journal Review: In the near future, different colored spheres appear all over the world, out in the open as well as in nooks and crannies in parks and creeks and water towers. No one knows where the spheres came from, but people soon realize that each color represents a human attribute or skill—like perfect teeth or perfect pitch—and one must find a matching pair and absorb them to become prettier or smarter or run faster. Of course, a market for both sphere collectors and burners, those who choose to absorb the skills the spheres offer, emerges, which is how Sully meets Hunter. There’s good money in the sphere market, and Sully and Hunter quickly bond over their mutual investment. Together with Sully’s best friend, Dom, and a kindred spirit, Mandy, Sully and Hunter compete against powerful corporations for depleting sphere resources. But when new, bigger spheres with unknown powers appear on the scene, the teens find themselves entrenched in a dangerous fight against both the evil corporations that seek to exploit them and the aliens preying on burners. A quick read with likable characters, the story is well paced with a quirky view of the future. VERDICT A great addition to YA sci-fi shelves.--Jennifer Miskec, Longwood University, Farmville, VA |
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