Boy 39

by Derek Holser

Undoing one thing always does another. For the students at The Woodlands, an illegal training facility in western Washington, this reality has extraordinarily significant meaning. Deep in the evergreen forest of the Pacific Northwest, almost one hundred orphans have endured nearly a decade of harsh training and rigid discipline at the hands of a rouge ex-government scientist, Dr. Nampala, whose only oversight comes from a place that can't be The Future. His mission? To turn boys and girls into "thought soldiers", the ultimate human weapon for anarchy. Dr. Nampala's been given ten years and ten million dollars to make it happen. At The Woodlands, abuse is common and fear is constant. No one enters and no one leaves. All escape attempts have ended in death. Freedom is a dream the students dared not dream. Yet as one boy's dreams intersect with the possibility of escape, and the reality that all of them have families somewhere on the outside, will the students risk their lives for an unknowable future in a world none had ever seen? With time running out for Dr. Nampala, and time as the only way out for the orphans, only one thing is certain for Boy 39: Undoing one thing always does another.

412 pages, Paperback

First published October 23, 2012

Reviews

[Kimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

You know I think it's a good book when I stay up until 2:30am the day after I started it, finishing it. What wonderful character development (I'm a huge sucker for great character development) ... I felt fear, excitement, grief, happiness... So anxious to read boy 33 now! If you want to read something different, thrilling & page turning then I highly recommend this book!

[Alana Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't want to give anything away, but this was so imaginative. I can't wait to read Boy 33!