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Sami
Fifteen-year-old Sami Walker wasn’t born in the tunnels. She's traveled all over, even as far as the Northern caves beyond Eastport. Only nobodies went farther than that. Story was, there were towns beyond the Dustbowl, but most folk thought that was just stories.
It’s been almost a century since the sky fell and the world broke apart in a day, and still the people spent their whole lives underground, either in the Five Tunnels, or in the caves, shielded by living stone.
Sami’s mom and dad are long since dead, and her friends, Sef and Glyn, vanished without a trace, over a year ago, or were chased from the tunnel by the Judge. Now her dearest pal, Simma, was leaving, too, to live under the water in tunnel Tee Two, with her mom and her mom’s new boyfriend.
She used to feel safe in the tunnels. Used to feel at home. But now, she wasn’t so sure. There was something in the air. Her only friend left was her dog Scout, a tunnel stray who adopted her over a year ago. And old Miz Murphy, of course, who lived in the hovel below her, deep down in Far Northend, the oldest dig in Tee Four.
For decades, crowds of people have waved through the tunnels, following the green arrows, pushing up and out Eastport, heading North. They heard the air was better there, and most didn’t like the tunnels one bit anyway.
But now, nobodies and someones alike were disappearing, and voices came to her in the dark, warning her of a great danger to come.
In an adventure of courage and hope, Sami seeks answers and discovers a world-shaking disaster of epic proportions.
"Sami" is Book 2 in the Little Women Young Adult SciFi Adventure series.
It’s been almost a century since the sky fell and the world broke apart in a day, and still the people spent their whole lives underground, either in the Five Tunnels, or in the caves, shielded by living stone.
Sami’s mom and dad are long since dead, and her friends, Sef and Glyn, vanished without a trace, over a year ago, or were chased from the tunnel by the Judge. Now her dearest pal, Simma, was leaving, too, to live under the water in tunnel Tee Two, with her mom and her mom’s new boyfriend.
She used to feel safe in the tunnels. Used to feel at home. But now, she wasn’t so sure. There was something in the air. Her only friend left was her dog Scout, a tunnel stray who adopted her over a year ago. And old Miz Murphy, of course, who lived in the hovel below her, deep down in Far Northend, the oldest dig in Tee Four.
For decades, crowds of people have waved through the tunnels, following the green arrows, pushing up and out Eastport, heading North. They heard the air was better there, and most didn’t like the tunnels one bit anyway.
But now, nobodies and someones alike were disappearing, and voices came to her in the dark, warning her of a great danger to come.
In an adventure of courage and hope, Sami seeks answers and discovers a world-shaking disaster of epic proportions.
"Sami" is Book 2 in the Little Women Young Adult SciFi Adventure series.
206 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 8, 2012
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May 2, 2012
The writing style for this was brilliantly done. The first-person narrative, the use of slang, the misuse of modern words all added to the authenticity and made the world come alive. Even without reading the first book I found myself instantly drawn into the world and the descriptions and details were so vivid that I do would not have even realised that it was the second, had I not read so in the reviews.
What did let it down, alas, was the lack of a climax (or rather, an early climax) and a long, drawn out ending. I can understand why it was done - to establish the towns of Normal and to leave the narrator in a situtation that we were comfortable with, but it felt more like the story just began to meander - incidents were rushed over, things told instead of shown. Given the amount of detail, energy and life infused into the earlier part of the novel, I felt somewhat let down and am still teetering between a 3 and 4 star review. There is a lot of potential here, but I just feel it is lacking something.
I would be interested to read more in this world however, and would like to find out if Sami's friend ever joins them.
What did let it down, alas, was the lack of a climax (or rather, an early climax) and a long, drawn out ending. I can understand why it was done - to establish the towns of Normal and to leave the narrator in a situtation that we were comfortable with, but it felt more like the story just began to meander - incidents were rushed over, things told instead of shown. Given the amount of detail, energy and life infused into the earlier part of the novel, I felt somewhat let down and am still teetering between a 3 and 4 star review. There is a lot of potential here, but I just feel it is lacking something.
I would be interested to read more in this world however, and would like to find out if Sami's friend ever joins them.
August 18, 2013
*Free copy from the author in exchange for an honest review*
A good follow-up in the Water Worlds Series, Sami picks up around one hundred years after. Like most authors I was expecting it to be of similar writing style, I found it to be quite interesting that it was written quite differently as to me it really showed the difference between the two main characters, the use of slang made me realistic for me.
It take me a while to really get into the book, however I don't think this is really a bad thing overall. I'm really enjoying this series and can't wait for the next book.
A good follow-up in the Water Worlds Series, Sami picks up around one hundred years after. Like most authors I was expecting it to be of similar writing style, I found it to be quite interesting that it was written quite differently as to me it really showed the difference between the two main characters, the use of slang made me realistic for me.
It take me a while to really get into the book, however I don't think this is really a bad thing overall. I'm really enjoying this series and can't wait for the next book.
November 26, 2012
Not terrible, but not good. Barely ok. The whole story is in the first person and spoken in her slang and accent. If you loved the first book then you may enjoy this because you already care about the characters, but generally I can't recommend it. There are a few interesting moments where you can see how oral tradition has mixed up old and new stories ("the asteroid that damaged the earth was thrown by a talking snake"). I forced myself to plod through the first 75% then the action picked up, then it finished without any sort of climax, but everything was wrapped up in final epilogue type chapters. Mysteries and questions were dropped for the author to answer in subsequent books, but they added nothing. The big mystery and badness in the tunnel didn't have a mysterious or sinister feel, nor was there sufficient emotion or drama when it was revealed.
May 26, 2012
After having first read (and thoroughly enjoyed) Young Moon, I was a bit disappointed in this one. It was okay but only okay and would be a 2+ on my rating scale. I do however look forward to the next book in the series because I am interested in the following the saga.
September 19, 2015
This would have been better if I knew it was the second book in a series!I still can't find any of the others.
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