Undertow
Sixteen-year-old Lyric Walker’s life is forever changed when she witnesses the arrival of 30,000 Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors, on her beach in Coney Island. The world’s initial wonder and awe over the Alpha quickly turns ugly and paranoid and violent, and Lyric’s small...
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Sixteen-year-old Lyric Walker’s life is forever changed when she witnesses the arrival of 30,000 Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors, on her beach in Coney Island. The world’s initial wonder and awe over the Alpha quickly turns ugly and paranoid and violent, and Lyric’s small town transforms into a military zone with humans on one side and Alpha on the oth
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780544348257 (0544348257)
ASIN: 544348257
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Series: Untitled (#1)
Michael Buckley takes the reader to Coney Island, but here the rides are all closed and something from the Ocean has taken over: The lives of everyone who lived on Coney Island changed when 30,000 Alphas emerged from the Ocean and arrived on the beach. The Alpha's are a warrior group from the great...
I received a free kindle copy of Undertow by Michael Buckley, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Book Group from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. I gave this debut book from Michael Buckley five stars start to finish. Lyric Walker's life is changed forever when the Alpha, an...
*I received a free ARC in return for a honest review. Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the swag*Due to New York state statute BS-101, it is allegorically impossible to hate a book wherein a character named Minerva is mentioned. See also: Maleficent, Ursula, and That One Chick Who Gave Snow...
This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life4 Stars!I am a little shocked by how much I ended up enjoying this book. I thought it was entertaining and unique. I am completely impressed by the originality of the overall story. I will admit that I made the decision to read this book based...
I really didn't think I would like this book as much as I did. Yeah, it was a little cheesy with these fishy people coming out of the water and humans trying to either bond with them or kill them. But, after I started reading it, I really got into. The author made the characters and even the story b...
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