Readers will be left to ponder the sometimes warring forces of hope and truth-right after they find a cool drink of water.
The Girl and the Witchs Garden, and the forthcoming Dustborn. The book follows Delta of Dead River who carries a secret, on her back is a map that supposedly leads.
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Thematically, the book works on a more effective scale, particularly when Delta discovers that her world’s history is built on a series of miscommunications and lies, and her authentic struggle with faith and spirituality outweighs some of the book’s other flaws. Erin Bowman is the critically acclaimed author of numerous books for children and teens. Dustborn by Erin Bowman is a standalone YA sci-fi novel.
Delta is a snarky firecracker of a girl, but she lacks the foresight to make any real plan, so the plot starts and sputters with her being pushed around more by circumstance than her own motivation. Delta of Dead River sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power in the Wastes and discovers a secret that will reshape. The post-apocalyptic setting is richly drawn, with harrowing escapes from dust storms across parched land and a general sense of blistering doom, but the story itself is heavy with info-dumps, particularly in the form of unprompted explanations of plot and/or setting from secondary characters that roll in and out of importance. Delta of Dead River sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power in the Wastes and discovers a secret that will reshape her world. Her journey takes her to Powder Town, a stronghold against the General to a lone woman in the middle of a desert inventing (and failing at) a wind wagon and eventually to Eden, a caved-in bunker where she learns that her world is nothing that she thought it was. Erin Bowman author of novels for teens + children Erin writes novels for children and teens When not writing, she can often be found guzzling coffee, chasing after her kids, and obsessing over good typography. All her life, Delta of Dead River has been told to keep her back hidden. Bowman ( The Girl and the Witch’s Garden) sets fierce challenges for implied white protagonist Delta of Dead River, 17, as she struggles across the postapocalyptic desert Wastes, searching for her. The problem, however, is that no one can actually read the map, and Delta flees, thinking the only way to get the General to release her compatriots is to find someone who can make sense of her scars. Dustborn - Erin Bowman Summary: In the wastes, everything has value. Then she herself is captured and brought to the General, who is certain that the map branded onto Delta’s back holds the key to finding the idyllic and flourishing Verdant. Delta and her companions are barely surviving the brutal heat and dust storms of the wastes and then raiders attack, kidnapping her friends and family. Delta of Dead River sets out to rescue her family from a ruthless dictator rising to power in the Wastes and discovers.
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