Loved itanother one of my favorite John WAMS that's going up here is it Galactic gem I think it probably is cracking book
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The Chrysalids (1955)
Others: Mostly positive This book is about a post apocalyptic world returned back to the times of the horse and carriage seen through the eyes of a young boy. Deviations are punished or destroyed and what few books remained govern the way people think about change and the differences from the norm. The twists and turns in this rather short book as bought me back to it many times over the years, which is very unusual for me. It would make a great Spielberg movie with the authors descriptions of the scarred landscape and the characters being fantastic. you could really picture the trials and tribulations of these people. When the young boy David finds his closest friend has a sixth toe on each foot and is asked to keep it a secret from his god fearing tyrant of a father, he comes to question his own secrets and what would happen to him if anyone found out. I wont tell you the twist, but definitely recommend this read to anyone, young or old.
- ISBN:
- 9781590172926
- Length:
- 204 pages
Genres: science fiction
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Loved it
MixedB tier read too much like ya to me another book telling me that religious Orthodoxy is bad
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Loved itthe chrysalids wonderful book to really if you're a teenager magnificent post-apocalyptic post nuclear thing about mutants
Loved itan amazing post-apocalyptic novel the post apocalypse is Windham specialty here though like the grimness of this situation or the horror of it all it's left aside in order to focus on the rebuilding of the new world