The List Contributor(s): Forde, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 149266085X ISBN-13: 9781492660859 Publisher: Sourcebooks Young Readers OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Dystopian - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Intermediate |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 600 |
Series: List |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.82 lbs) 368 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 190290 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Fahrenheit 451 meets The Giver in an award winning dystopian story about the dangers of censorship and how far we will go in the pursuit of freedom. What if you were only allowed to speak 500 words? The city of Ark is the last safe place on Earth: the polar ice caps have melted and flooded everything, leaving few survivors. To make sure humans do not make the same mistakes, Ark's leader John Noa decrees everyone in Ark must speak List, a language of only 500 words. Language is to blame for mankind's destruction, John Noa says, as politicians and governments hid the disastrous effects of global warming and environmental damage until it was too late. Everyone must speak List ... except Letta. As apprentice to the Wordsmith, Letta can read all the words that have ever existed. Forbidden words like freedom, music, and even pineapple tell her about a world she's never known. One day her master disappears. John Noa tells Letta she is the new Wordsmith, and must shorten List to fewer and fewer words. Then Letta meets a teenage boy who somehow knows all the words that have been banned. Letta's faced with a dangerous choice: sit idly by and watch language slowly slip away or follow a stranger on a path to freedom . . . or banishment. Letta chooses to fight for the very thing that keeps us human: language itself. The List:A 2018 Notable Children's Books Selection |
Contributor Bio(s): Forde, Patricia: - Patricia Forde lives in Galway, in the west of Ireland. She has published five books for children and written for television. In another life, she was a primary school teacher and the artistic director of Galway Arts Festival. Visit Patricia at patriciaforde.com. |