The Hollow People
by:
Brian Keaney (author)
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Brian Keaney
How do you come of age under a mind-controlling dictatorship?“Keaney is sure to gain a big readership with this first title. . . . It will captivate readers with a taste for suspense and psychological thrills.”—School Library JournalIn Tanegar, a sinister island where the laws of the mysterious...
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How do you come of age under a mind-controlling dictatorship?“Keaney is sure to gain a big readership with this first title. . . . It will captivate readers with a taste for suspense and psychological thrills.”—School Library JournalIn Tanegar, a sinister island where the laws of the mysterious Dr. Sigmundus hold sway, dreaming will get you locked up and branded a lunatic. Dante is a lowly kitchen boy. Bea is the privileged daughter of physicians. They aren’t meant to meet or share ideas, or, most dangerous of all, their dreams. But with the arrival of a notorious prisoner to the island's asylum, their worlds collide. Together they begin to question whether the promises they’ve based their lives on have been spun from lies and illusion—and if now is the time to break them.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780375843327 (0375843329)
Publish date: September 25th 2007
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Teen,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Horror,
Dystopia,
Supernatural
Series: The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus (#1)
This was not Gothic horror as I rather expected from the cover, but a fairly standard dystopian tale of a country where all adults are given Ichor, a drug which destroys dreams, imagination, and initiative. The setting will probably seem more interesting to younger readers who aren't already familia...