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Fifth Perception #1-3
The Edge of When
Rebecca worries about the things a normal twelve-year-old girl would worry starting junior high, her friends, her family. But when she witnesses a kidnapping and finds herself transported into a terrifying world of the future, Rebecca not only must find her way home - she must figure out a way to alter the course of history. Originally published as three separate stories over 30 years ago, this newly revised and edited novel for young readers still resonates with one essential the future of the world is shaped by the choices we all make today. With a new introduction by the author, Carol Matas.
276 pages, Paperback
First published May 15, 2011
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November 1, 2013
*This book was received at a contest run by the Forest of Reading*
This is an interesting story diving into many compelling topics that are issues in the world.
Rebecca visits three futures, one where the world's countries killed everyone with nuclear weapons, one where you must work to live and they are in a state that the 1920's was in yet to avoid the 30's you must keep on buying, or one where many people just follow the pack. Altogether these are really pressing and interesting issues, which need to be discussed.
In the second future however, there was one thing that bothered me. Do to mass-production the environmental condition of the earth has deteriorated a lot. However, there was this one explanation in the book that was incorrect, and since most of this book was simply bewaring people of the dangers that those specific issues could cause it is important. The book states that CFCs and the Green House Gas effect are the same. They are not.
The carbon in the atmosphere, which is produced by pollution and lack of vegetation to use it, is blanketing the earth so that the sun's rays cannot escape the atmosphere and the earth is warming up. However, the issue of CFCs is a different issue. In another part of the atmosphere there is the ozone layer, and that filters out harmful UVB rays (what sunscreen stops). The O3 (GoodReads does not allow subscripts) in the ozone layer, breaks into O2 and O while filtering out the UVB rays, and reforms because there's a pull and can complete the cycle again. However the Chlorine in CFCs has a stronger pull on Oxygen, so it doesn't reform into O3. Hence the hole in the ozone layer. Two separate issues.
So while I enjoyed the concepts and call to action, this really did not strike any horror in me. Considering that a big part of this novel was getting people to act, it didn't convince me to act in any way.
Also, I'm a little wary on the time-travel rules. Simply by changing one little thing you change the future a whole lot. Rebecca didn't seem to get this. Also, the way she was doing it was weird. The people in the future were already acting.
I appreciate the attention drawn to these issues, but I didn't feel anything.
This is an interesting story diving into many compelling topics that are issues in the world.
Rebecca visits three futures, one where the world's countries killed everyone with nuclear weapons, one where you must work to live and they are in a state that the 1920's was in yet to avoid the 30's you must keep on buying, or one where many people just follow the pack. Altogether these are really pressing and interesting issues, which need to be discussed.
In the second future however, there was one thing that bothered me. Do to mass-production the environmental condition of the earth has deteriorated a lot. However, there was this one explanation in the book that was incorrect, and since most of this book was simply bewaring people of the dangers that those specific issues could cause it is important. The book states that CFCs and the Green House Gas effect are the same. They are not.
The carbon in the atmosphere, which is produced by pollution and lack of vegetation to use it, is blanketing the earth so that the sun's rays cannot escape the atmosphere and the earth is warming up. However, the issue of CFCs is a different issue. In another part of the atmosphere there is the ozone layer, and that filters out harmful UVB rays (what sunscreen stops). The O3 (GoodReads does not allow subscripts) in the ozone layer, breaks into O2 and O while filtering out the UVB rays, and reforms because there's a pull and can complete the cycle again. However the Chlorine in CFCs has a stronger pull on Oxygen, so it doesn't reform into O3. Hence the hole in the ozone layer. Two separate issues.
So while I enjoyed the concepts and call to action, this really did not strike any horror in me. Considering that a big part of this novel was getting people to act, it didn't convince me to act in any way.
Also, I'm a little wary on the time-travel rules. Simply by changing one little thing you change the future a whole lot. Rebecca didn't seem to get this. Also, the way she was doing it was weird. The people in the future were already acting.
I appreciate the attention drawn to these issues, but I didn't feel anything.
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July 17, 2012Rebecca is kidnapped into a future world called Zanu which is run by the corporate world.Another book about dystopia. People travel back and forth from the past into the future. Entertaining.
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