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Empty Streets
I want to go outside. Eri's parents forbid it. Her brother thinks she's crazy. But the feeling is too much for her to deny. For 17 years she has been caged. It's time to escape.
What Eri encounters outside, however, is the opposite of what she'd imagined. Outside, she finds empty streets and people hired to keep them empty. Eri meets Bodhi, another explorer determined to understand the outside world. What seemed simply turns into a complicated puzzle, with both of them piecing together how their world got this way, and how they can keep each other alive.
Their explorations lead them to push farther, into new, silent landscapes. With each risk they find new information, until ultimately they risk too much and Bodhi disappears. Silenced by her fear, Eri has to should she blend back into her normal life? Or should she look for Bodhi?
Eri realizes too late that Bodhi isn't the only one who has been caught.
What Eri encounters outside, however, is the opposite of what she'd imagined. Outside, she finds empty streets and people hired to keep them empty. Eri meets Bodhi, another explorer determined to understand the outside world. What seemed simply turns into a complicated puzzle, with both of them piecing together how their world got this way, and how they can keep each other alive.
Their explorations lead them to push farther, into new, silent landscapes. With each risk they find new information, until ultimately they risk too much and Bodhi disappears. Silenced by her fear, Eri has to should she blend back into her normal life? Or should she look for Bodhi?
Eri realizes too late that Bodhi isn't the only one who has been caught.
168 pages, ebook
Published August 16, 2016
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August 28, 2016
This was a fun summer escape into a world I hope we never have to experience! I am looking forward to finding out what happens to Eri and Bohdi in the next book. This is appropriate for kids who are around 11 and up. There is a bit of a romance but it doesn't get too serious. While the romance is young, lighthearted and fun the underlying commentary on the direction of our educational experiences is haunting.
October 26, 2016
Interesting dytopian world where education is in a Sims enviroment and it is too dangerous to experience outside. Good for middle school or early high school students.
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