Glimpse
Author(s): Jane Higgins
NZ Teen Fiction | Staff Picks - Mim
Glimpse is a high action, standalone young adult dystopian novel, from Text prize-winning fantasy author Jane Higgins.
The city authorities have abandoned the D-Zone as damaged beyond repair. It's a no-go area where ongoing earthquakes threaten to destroy what's left. But Jonah and Bas and everyone else trying to survive in the devastation there can't leave-they're 'illegals', without citizenship, without rights.
Jonah can see the quakes - before the ground shudders and grinds, before the buildings fall. Glimpsing is a rare ability and a great survival asset. It has attracted the attention of the entertainment company GlimpseCorp and the cult movement People for a New Nation. Both are desperate to control and cash in on this remarkable power.
When Bas joins People for a New Nation and disappears, Jonah knows his friend is in great danger. And he knows that GlimpseCorp, with its reality TV program, offers a way to save him-and a way to bring new hope to the people of the D-Zone.
But Jonah's plan puts everything, including his own life, at risk.
Glimpse is a compelling adventure, an intriguing story of conflict, power, manipulation, love and friendship, set in richly imagined world that is in many ways very much like our own.
Mim's Review: A well written story taking place after massive earthquakes have destroyed so much and have yet to stop. What does one do when stuck in an area no one wants to care for, your government can't be trusted and a cult is twisting and abusing the hope given to those left behind.
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'A brilliant novel with echoes of John Wyndham's The Chrysalids, its young protagonists show heart in a world of despair.' -- West Australian on The Bridge
'Higgins threads the turns and twists of chaotic times with a sure hand...Higgins' control of the development of her characters is admirable.' -- Magpies on The Bridge
'Winner of the Text Prize, this is a powerful dystopian adventure about questioning authority, the complexities of war and enduring bonds.' -- Fran Atkinson, Saturday Age/Sydney Morning Herald on The Bridge
'Havoc is urgent, moving and believable.' -- New Zealand Listener on Havoc
'An outstanding teenage novel...World class.' -- RNZ Nine to Noon on Havoc
'Brilliantly wrought story, the characterisation is subtle and nuanced, the moral underpinnings of the story are really something else...So moving...I burst into tears while I was reading it, it's really beautifully done.' -- Kate de Goldi on Havoc
'An ideal introduction to dystopian fiction for young teens...Engaging, thoughtful and elegantly written.' * Books+Publishing *
General Fields
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- : Text Publishing Company
- : Text Publishing Company
- : 0.248
- : 01 January 2023
- : {"length"=>["19.8"], "width"=>["12.9"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jane Higgins
- : YFG
- : 304
- : English
- : Paperback
