Who is Otto? Why does his blood have magical properties? Why hasn’t the Congregation escaped after 200 years of slavery? Why did Otto leave? Why haven’t any kids been born since the Congregation formed? How did Darwin West enslave people like this? And why is the Congregation completely in the dark about modern inventions when it’s 2012 in the story? Surely Darwin wasn’t able to keep them completely isolated. Pam Bachorz raised so many questions in Drought, but very few of them were answered. The recurring question for me in Drought was: “What is going on?” In most books there is often a sentence or question that keeps coming up for me as I read them. She, alone, possess the secret ingredient that makes the Water so special–her blood–and it’s the one thing that the Congregation cannot live without.ĭrought is the haunting story of one community’s thirst for life, and the dangerous struggle of the only girl who can grant it. Escape with Ford would be so simple.īut if Ruby leaves, her community is condemned to certain death. When Ruby meets Ford–an irresistible, kind, forbidden new Overseer–she longs to run away with him to the modern world, where she could live a normal teenage live. Escape from living as if it is still 1812, the year they were all enslaved. Escape from the backbreaking work of gathering Water. Escape from slaver Darwin West and his cruel Overseers. Ruby dreams of escaping the Congregation. Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd ISBN: 9781405250276 Number of pages: 304 Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 19 mm You may also be interested in.(Cover picture courtesy of Pam Bachorz’s website.) What will Oscar risk to keep the Nia he loves rather than watch her become a Candor automaton? This deeply chilling book for teens portrays a remarkable psychological battle against a town controlled by Big Brother. There's just one problem: Nia Silva, the newest Candor arrival. But Oscar has found a way to burn counter-Messages that keep him real. And he knows something he's not supposed to - he knows about the brainwashing Messages embedded in the music that plays all over the town. Son of the mayor, he is good-looking, smart and popular. Oscar Banks lives in the pristine town of Candor. But there is a terrible reason I am so perfect: the Messages. My girlfriend is the hottest girl in school. My name is Oscar and I am the perfect teenager. A psychological thriller for young teenagers it's Big Brother meets Stepford Wives. The mesmerising debut novel from Pam Bachorz.
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