Green Boy - Softcover

Susan Cooper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141315563 ISBN 13: 9780141315560

Publisher: Puffin / Penguin Books, 2003

Synopsis

Trey and his troubled but sensitive brother Lou live in the Bahamas and have grown up in the home of their grandparents, exploring around Long Pond Cay. Their way of life is threatened when ruthless developers see the financial possibilities of the area. Then they accidentally enter a parallel world called Panagaia, a horrifying vision of the future where greed, overpopulation and technology have shut out the stars and choked everything green. Carried between the two worlds in a zigzag adventure of mounting tension and danger, the children risk their lives not only to save the alien world but also to ward off the threat to Long Pond Cay.

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Review:

In her 11th affecting fantasy novel for young adults, Newbery Medal-winning author Susan Cooper (The Dark Is Rising sequence) writes again of the clash between good and evil. Bahamians Trey, age 12, and his mute brother Lou, 7, find themselves tugged between two parallel worlds: their own happy island life, threatened by big-business developers, and a murky, sinister otherworld called Pangaia, entered accidentally through a magical window between worlds. In a series of journeys between the two realms, Lou is saluted by underground rebels as their mythic savior Lugh, and the siblings are asked to lead the Greenwar against the Government ("the destroyers"). Along the way, Trey and Lou encounter hideous mutant insects, murderous floods in tunnels, helicopter attacks, and capture by the pro-progress, high-tech Government. Although the plot is occasionally convoluted, Susan Cooper fans will be drawn deep into the story, with its zealous Luddite-styled green guerrillas and the equally ardent progress extremists. Lou and Trey are enormously likeable, and the tropical island setting is beautifully portrayed. Ultimately, nature, myth, and destiny crash together in a breathtaking climax that will leave readers of all ages contemplating the direction our own world is taking. (Ages 9 to 13) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author:

Susan Cooper was born in Buckinghamshire, read English at Oxford and began her career as a reporter and feature writer for the Sunday Times. Her sequence of fantasy novels, THE DARK IS RISING, won her numerous awards, including the Newbery Medal. She has also written a Broadway play and several film scripts for TV and cinema. Susan lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin / Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0141315563
• ISBN 13: 9780141315560
• Binding: Paperback