| Expiration Day Contributor(s): Campbell Powell, William (Author), De Cuir, Cassandra (Director), de Cuir, Gabrielle (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1504702565 ISBN-13: 9781504702560 Publisher: Skyboat Media OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Juvenile Fiction | Dystopian - Juvenile Fiction | Robots |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.2" W x 5.8" (0.65 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Expiration Day is an insightful coming-of-age novel set in the near future by debut author William Campbell Powell. It is the year 2049, and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Tania Deeley has always been told that she's a rarity: a human child in a world where most children are sophisticated androids manufactured by Oxted Corporation. When a decline in global fertility ensued, it was the creation of these near-perfect human copies called teknoids that helped to prevent the utter collapse of society.Though she has always been aware of the existence of teknoids, it is not until her first day at the Lady Maud High School for Girls that Tania realizes that her best friend, Sian, may be one. Returning home from the summer holiday, she is shocked by how much Sian has changed. Is it possible that these changes were engineered by Oxted? And if Sian could be a teknoid, how many others in Tania's life are not real?Driven by the need to understand what sets teknoids apart from their human counterparts, Tania begins to seek answers. But time is running out. For everyone knows that on their eighteenth "birthdays," teknoids must be returned to Oxted--never to be heard from again. Told in diary format, Expiration Day is the powerful and poignant story of a young girl coming of age and discovering what it means to be truly human. |
Contributor Bio(s): Campbell Powell, William: - William Campbell Powell was born in Sheffield, England, and grew up in and around Birmingham. He attended King Edward's School in Birmingham and won a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge, where initially he studied Natural Sciences and subsequently majored in Computer Science. He now lives in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, with his wife, Avis, and his two teenage sons. Expiration Day is his first novel. De Cuir, Gabrielle: -Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narration, has narrated over two hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her "velvet touch" as an actor's director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities. |