Amy didn't know what to expect when she agreed to be cryo-frozen for 300 years, only to wake up when the ship she and her parents are traveling on arrives on a new planet. Certainly, it wasn't to be woken up violently 50 years early...but that is unfortunately what happens. She is greeted by an unfamiliar group of people who are shocked by her appearance, and unsympathetic to her plight. They tell her they can't refreeze her; she's stuck in this place without her parents, without the hope of a new world, Centauri-Earth. Her only ally is Elder.
Elder is in training to take over command of the ship. Someday he will be Eldest, and will lead the people of Godspeed. He knows that one of the sources of discord that leads to war is lack of a strong leader, and with Centauri-Earth so near, he can't let the ship down. He is fascinated by Amy and what she means to their future. What other secrets has Eldest kept from him? He never even knew about this level of the ship! An entire crew of people meant to repopulate Centauri-Earth...
After Amy is accidentally unfrozen, another body is found, but this time they are too late. The unfreezing process is botched, and the person dies. Who could be doing something like this? Elder doesn't want to suspect Eldest, but who else could it be? Who else even knows about this level?
Together, he and Amy begin to discover other secrets about the ship. Amy learns the history of the ship: all the generations born never having seen the outside world, only hearing stories of what they call "Sol-Earth." Eldest doesn't like her, or the threat she seems to pose to him, and he intentionally sets the people against her. There are other things about the ship that aren't right. Elder thinks Hitler was a good leader...and that Lincoln deported all the slaves to Africa... How can Amy explain the truth? The history has all been rewritten, even the Gettysburg Address!
In the meantime, Amy is sent to live in the hospital with the other "crazy people." She can't quite understand this, as none of them seem to be crazy at all. In fact, they seem to be more normal than most of the people she's met outside.
Something fishy is going on, and Amy is afraid that her parents could be the next frozens killed. They have to figure out who is behind it, and why! What is going on with this crazy ship!?
Revis raises some interesting questions about the dangers of space travel, how fragile written history truly is, and how easily human behavior can be manipulated. The romance is bearable. I admit I wasn't a huge fan of this. It was pretty predictable, but it is popular with my teens. It made the YALSA Top 10 last year as well.
*Library Link*
A Million Suns by Beth Revis (Across the Universe, Book 2)
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Revis, Beth. (2011). Across the Universe. New York: Razorbill., & Penguin Group.
Elder is in training to take over command of the ship. Someday he will be Eldest, and will lead the people of Godspeed. He knows that one of the sources of discord that leads to war is lack of a strong leader, and with Centauri-Earth so near, he can't let the ship down. He is fascinated by Amy and what she means to their future. What other secrets has Eldest kept from him? He never even knew about this level of the ship! An entire crew of people meant to repopulate Centauri-Earth...
After Amy is accidentally unfrozen, another body is found, but this time they are too late. The unfreezing process is botched, and the person dies. Who could be doing something like this? Elder doesn't want to suspect Eldest, but who else could it be? Who else even knows about this level?
Together, he and Amy begin to discover other secrets about the ship. Amy learns the history of the ship: all the generations born never having seen the outside world, only hearing stories of what they call "Sol-Earth." Eldest doesn't like her, or the threat she seems to pose to him, and he intentionally sets the people against her. There are other things about the ship that aren't right. Elder thinks Hitler was a good leader...and that Lincoln deported all the slaves to Africa... How can Amy explain the truth? The history has all been rewritten, even the Gettysburg Address!
In the meantime, Amy is sent to live in the hospital with the other "crazy people." She can't quite understand this, as none of them seem to be crazy at all. In fact, they seem to be more normal than most of the people she's met outside.
Something fishy is going on, and Amy is afraid that her parents could be the next frozens killed. They have to figure out who is behind it, and why! What is going on with this crazy ship!?
Revis raises some interesting questions about the dangers of space travel, how fragile written history truly is, and how easily human behavior can be manipulated. The romance is bearable. I admit I wasn't a huge fan of this. It was pretty predictable, but it is popular with my teens. It made the YALSA Top 10 last year as well.
*Library Link*
“The first cause of discord is difference. There is no religion on Godspeed. We all speak the same language. We're all monoethnic. And because we are not different, we don't fight. Remember the Crusades I taught you? The genocides? We will never have to worry about those types of horrific events on Godspeed,” (Revis, 2011).If you liked this, check out:
A Million Suns by Beth Revis (Across the Universe, Book 2)
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Revis, Beth. (2011). Across the Universe. New York: Razorbill., & Penguin Group.
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