Book Overview
"Chris Weitz has made a beautiful transition from writing and directing films to novels. The Young World is populated with characters you won't forget and a story as fresh and urgent as Divergent."--James Patterson, #1 NY Times bestselling author of Maximum Ride.
Welcome to New York, a city ruled by teens.
After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl he's secretly in love with, have carved out a precarious existence among the chaos.
But when a fellow tribe member discovers a clue that may hold the cure for the Sickness, five teens set out on a life-altering road trip, exchanging gunfire with enemy gangs, escaping cults and militias, braving the wilds of the subway--all in order to save humankind.
This first novel from acclaimed film writer/director Chris Weitz is the heart-stopping debut of an action-packed trilogy.
Welcome to New York, a city ruled by teens.
After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl he's secretly in love with, have carved out a precarious existence among the chaos.
But when a fellow tribe member discovers a clue that may hold the cure for the Sickness, five teens set out on a life-altering road trip, exchanging gunfire with enemy gangs, escaping cults and militias, braving the wilds of the subway--all in order to save humankind.
This first novel from acclaimed film writer/director Chris Weitz is the heart-stopping debut of an action-packed trilogy.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0316226297
ISBN13:9780316226295
Release Date:July 2014
Publisher:Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"
Age Range:14 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 9 to 12
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Great book!!
Published by Ari , 5 years ago
This book was amazing. I quite like dystopian novels and the study of diseases so this was a perfect fit for me. The book does contain harsh language and topics, so it isn’t for a sensitive reader. If you’re able to take the opinions of the fictional characters with a grain of salt, you’ll be just fine. The plot was very intriguing and had me constantly on the edge of my seat. The characters were also very unique and exciting to get to know. Would definitely recommend! :)
Too harsh
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 6 years ago
I picked up this book because I have been on a dystopian kick and thought it would be a good read. Instead, I stopped only a few pages in. All in the very beginning chapters, a traveling group of teens were looking to trade with the main protagonist group of teens. Except they weren't looking to trade goods. They wanted two young girls for one of their pigs. A few pages after that, we jump into another POV from a teen girl who immediately went on to talk about herself as having a body not fit for any boy. This author has decided to go against what most seasoned readers appreciate and gave the hated descriptions of breasts and other bodily porportions. It was distastful and I have since stopped reading it.
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