Pulse Point

Colleen Nelson, Nancy Chappell-Pollack

ISBN 10: 1927855977 / ISBN 13: 9781927855973

Published by Great Plains Publications Ltd, CA, 2018

About this Item

For Kaia, setting foot outside can be deadly. Climate change has made Earth too dangerous for people to live anywhere but inside the City. Run on the energy created by its Citizens and sustainable in every way, the City uses microchips, called pulse points, to control the energy its inhabitants use. When Kaia's pulse point malfunctions, she experiences freedom from the strict City rules for the first time in her life. With unlimited energy, she doesn't need to run for hours on a sensor mat, and she can share energy to hide her grandmother's failing health. But a shocking discovery makes her question what goes on inside the City walls and sets her on a journey to discover the world outside them.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pulse Point
• Publisher: Great Plains Publications Ltd, CA
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1927855977
• ISBN 13: 9781927855973
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 263 grams

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Synopsis

For Kaia, setting foot outside can be deadly. Climate change has made Earth too dangerous for people to live anywhere but inside the City. Run on the energy created by its Citizens and sustainable in every way, the City uses microchips, called pulse points, to control the energy its inhabitants use.
When Kaia's pulse point malfunctions, she experiences freedom from the strict City rules for the first time in her life. With unlimited energy, she doesn't need to run for hours on a sensor mat, and she can share energy to hide her grandmother's failing health. But a shocking discovery makes her question what goes on inside the City walls and sets her on a journey to discover the world outside them.
It's a tense read with all the attributes of great YA: relationship drama, interfering progenitors (i.e., parents), burgeoning romance, secrets, confusion, and conflict . . . Look carefully and you'll see how Pulse Point s worlds could be our own. - CanLit for Little Canadians
Tense, engaging, thoughtful. - 49th Shelf

About the Author

Colleen Nelson is the author of YA fiction books Finding Hope (2016), 250 Hours (2015), The Fall (2013) and Tori by Design (2011). The Fall and Tori by Design both won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award. The Fall was also nominated for the White Pine Award. Colleen works as a teacher librarian in Winnipeg where she lives with her husband, two young sons and three grown step-children. Colleen manages to eke out time to write everyday, but usually in the early morning after a strong cup of coffee.