| The Innocence Device Contributor(s): Kowalski, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1459807480 ISBN-13: 9781459807488 Publisher: Rapid Reads OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Dystopian - Fiction | Crime - Fiction | Thrillers - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2014935367 |
| Lexile Measure: 510 |
| Series: Rapid Reads |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.9" W x 7.2" (0.30 lbs) 116 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The year is 2147. Chago, twenty-four, is a prisoner in a world made up only of prisoners and those who guard them. The only bright spot in Chago's life is his son, Jim-Jim, whose mother is a guard. In an effort to resolve overcrowding in the prison, the warden introduces the Innocence Device, a high-tech machine he claims can determine innocence or guilt. Prisoners are encouraged to walk through the Innocence Device and experience its rewards: immediate freedom or death. When they discover the machine is rigged, the prisoners riot and take over the prison. After witnessing the execution-style death of the mother of his son, and surviving a brief stint outside the prison walls, Chago ends up in a position of power. But he soon finds the new regime little different from the old, and he sets out to save the only thing he values--his son. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kowalski, William: - William Kowalski is the author of the international bestseller Eddie's Bastard, winner of South Africa's Ama-Boeke Award, and, more recently, The Hundred Hearts, winner of the 2014 Thomas H. Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award. His work has been translated into fifteen languages. Four of the titles William wrote for the Rapids Reads series have been nominated for the Ontario Library Association's Golden Oak Award. He lives with his family in Nova Scotia. For more information, visit www.williamkowalski.com. |