Catherine Fisher is a fabulous Young Adult novelist.
Her stories are intriguing and suitable for adults as well as the YA
crowd.
The Incarceron series is probably not one that most Middle-graders are going to enjoy. The tone is very dark and the plotting is complex and it isn't always clear what is going on. Scifi. (Some people don't believe this particular series lived up the tremendous hype that was generated for it by Dial, the publisher.)
The Incarceron series is probably not one that most Middle-graders are going to enjoy. The tone is very dark and the plotting is complex and it isn't always clear what is going on. Scifi. (Some people don't believe this particular series lived up the tremendous hype that was generated for it by Dial, the publisher.)
**Starred Review** ALA Booklist
**Starred Review** School Library Journal
3.65 Stars from 27,949 GoodReaders
Incarceron
is a prison world. Out of sight it contains generations of prisoners
and their offspring. It contains dilapidated cities, weird and creepy
metal spies, and cultures of violence and savagery.
Finn
lives there. And although he has no memory of ever having lived
anywhere else, he harbors a believe that he comes from outside.
The other main character is Claudia, who
is trapped in a prison of her own. The daughter of the Warden of
Incarceron, she resides in an outside world that is modelled on a
so-called perfect past era. Faced with a wedding she wants no part of,
she seeks escape, and finds instead the key to Incarceron and Finn, who
indeed, is not who he seems.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 96,201
Page Count:464
Accelerated Reading level: 4.6 / points: 14.0
AR quiz: 134835
Lexile: HL600L
--sample pages available
SAPPHIQUE**Starred Review** ALA Booklist
3.70 Stars from 10,074 GoodReaders
The better of the two books, Catherine Fisher leads the reader down a path where questions rise on all sides.
Finn
is out and with Claudia's help, prepares to face the pretender to the
thrown. And does it really matter if he is the lost prince?
Word Count: 97,312Page Count: 480
Accelerated Reading level: 4.4 / points: 14.0
AR quiz: 141389
Lexile: HL570L
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