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A.S. King
A surreal and timely novel about the effects of isolation and what it means to be connected to the world from the Printz Award-winning author of Dig.Time has stopped. It's been June 23, 2020 for nearly a year as far as anyone can tell. Frantic adults demand teenagers focus on finding practical solutions to the worldwide crisis. Not everyone is on board though. Javelin-throwing prodigy Truda Becker is pretty sure her "Solution Time" class won't solve the world's problems, but she does have a few ideas what might. Truda lives in a house with a switch that no one ever touches, a switch her father protects every day by nailing it into hundreds of progressively larger boxes. But Truda's got a crow bar, and one way or another, she's going to see what happens when she flips the switch.
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Author
A.S. King
Pages
240
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2021-05-11
ISBN
0525555528 9780525555520
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"“To understand anything is to understand energy” - this book was really good, a must read 🫶"
SoulMoon
"A much more horrifying hunger games"
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Nalani Annunziato
"“When there is no time, life is a treasure<br/>hunt. Even if the treasure is ugly or dirty or<br/>feels like grit in your eye. When there is no<br/>time, everything else matters”<br/>⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️<br/>This book is a pretty accurate representation of the pandemic, at least from a young adult/teenager perspective. While certain passages were hard to understand as I believe direct meaning wasn’t prioritized over the stylistic writing, the overall meaning was loud and clear. The emphasis on the pressure put on future generations as well as on time in general was extremely accurate and well portrayed. As someone experiencing these unprecedented times as part of this demographic, this book provided a refreshing and comforting outlet. <br/>"
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Cailin Zoltak
