Green Boy - Hardcover

Cooper, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 037032675X ISBN 13: 9780370326757

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2002

Synopsis

Green Boy

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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: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 037032675X
• ISBN 13: 9780370326757
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196