Fourteen-year-old Talon, a member of the Downsiders, a race of beings living in the tunnels under New York City's subways, finds himself drawn to the forbidden world of the above-ground world when he befriends a lonely Topsider named Lindsay.
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Meticulous 14-year-old Lindsay isn't exactly thrilled about moving to the chaos that she believes is New York City. Her flighty "career college student" mom, now divorced, has dumped her on her city engineer dad, "a man who lived his life twenty minutes behind schedule and in a perpetual state of apology." Lindsay is certain that nothing better awaits her than prep school boredom and constant battles with her evil stepbrother Todd. But she is wrong. Quite by accident, Lindsay discovers an unusual boy named Talon who resides in a secret city beneath New York--a kind of underground Oz called the Downside. Talon and Lindsey are fascinated by the differences in their dual worlds and soon grow equally fascinated with each other. But when Lindsay's dad's construction project hits a snag that reveals the Downside, it is not only the blooming relationship that hangs in the balance, but the entire future of the Downside as well.
Downsiders is both funny and compelling. But while Lindsay and Talon's observations of their distinct environments is humorous (Talon compares Lindsay's French braid to a "gator's tail" and, despite Talon's explanation that "time is of low importance," Lindsay still thinks it's strange that Talon wears his watch around his ankle), Neal Shusterman also uses their relationship to illustrate how much a particular culture both shapes our identity and affects how we view people from backgrounds other than our own. This call to look beneath the surface is cleverly and subtly woven through an original story with broad appeal. (Ages 10 to 16) --Jennifer Hubert
Award-winning author Neal Shusterman has written more than twenty books spanning many genres, from realistic ?ction to fantasy to science ?ction. His novels What Daddy Did and The Dark Side of Nowhere were ALA Best Books for Young Adults. He is also the author of Speeding Bullet, The Eyes of Kid Midas, and the Mind-Quakes series of short story collections. He lives in southern California with his wife, Elaine, and their four children, but is rumored to occasionally vanish in subterranean New York. You can visit his Web site at http://www.storyman.com.
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