Shade's Children
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Shade's Children

by Garth Nix

1997•Science fiction•345 pages

Taste attributes: science fictionteenthrillerrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearglossyhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly science-fiction novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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4.7 / 5

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About This Book

The Key to Survival Rests in the Hands of Shade's Children In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no child shall live a day past his fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the child is the object of an obscene harvest resulting in the construction of a machinelike creature whose sole purpose is to kill.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionTeenThrillerRobots/ai/spaceHuman spirit/resilience/survivalInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceRescue/escape/jeopardy

Subjects

Apocalyptic fictionYoung adult fictionScience fictionArtificial intelligence

Details

Author
Garth Nix
Published
1997
Pages
345
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