Lockdown
by Alexander Gordon Smith
Taste attributes: science fictionactionwholesomeimaginarylinearenclosedrescue/escape/jeopardyinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, wholesome science-fiction novel, otherwise balanced. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
When fourteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, he becomes an inmate in the Furnace Penitentiary, where brutal inmates and sadistic guards reign, boys who disappear in the middle of the night sometimes return weirdly altered, and escape might just be possible.
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- Alexander Gordon Smith
- Published
- 2009
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