Secrets of Hopelight

by Eva Blackstone

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Middle Grade | Sci Fi & Fantasy

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On a future Earth, humans cling to scattered enclaves, giant lizards roam the wasteland, and a paternalistic corporation rules every aspect of life. Thirteen-year-old Nubbin Beck knows there is only one way to live her sheltered, microchipped life: obey The Company. But when she helps her family hide a fugitive, the only human The Company can't trace, she discovers some questions are not only prohibited, they're deadly. And of all the secrets she uncovers, Nubbin herself lies at the heart of the most shocking.

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“Told with a clear, fresh voice, Secrets of Hopelight thrusts its sympathetic characters into a disturbing future landscape to craft a page-turning plot.” - Michael Carr, Veritas Literary

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Lara L, Reviewer

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SECRETS OF HOPELIGHT is a character-driven Sci-Fi MG novel with an unusual premise- the Earth has become so hot the people live in caves and only function at night, hiding from the heat as we might a blizzard. A lot of creativity went into descriptions of extreme weather and how to manage/adapt to it. The technology is not fanciful or hard to understand—adaptations of recognizable things in our world. 

The world building isn't rushed, which allows us to bond first with the protagonist, Nubbin, and her friends, without being overwhelmed with too much detail. Yet enough is provided to be able to picture this alt-earth clearly. 

 As I read I tried to picture the ideal reader for this book. It fills a unique niche, in my opinion—either the more mature ten or eleven-year-old, or an older child who is a reluctant reader. Its language and pacing reads for a solid MG reader, but  with some dating/kissing content. 

It's a great introduction to the Orwellian dystopia that I see so often in adult literature—truly a fun and entertaining read. Blackstone has a rare ability to remember the frustrations of youth and convey them convincingly.

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