Aquifer

Author: Friesen, Jonathan
ISBN: 9780310731832
Publisher: HarperCollins Religious
Year First Published: 2014
Pages: 304
Dimensions: 205mm x 135mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback

Description:

From award-winning author Jonathan Friesen, an engaging dystopian for teens.

Acclaimed author Jonathan Friesen presents a young adult dystopian novel about a world where water is power, the control of people is complete, and a truth exists that the rulers will do anything to hide. Aquifer follows sixteen-year-old Luca as he seeks to uncover the truth about the ruling Council, the water they all need, and the mysterious people underground who harvest it. Friesen, writer of the award-winning novel Jerk, California, creates a sharply written tale that explores the power individuals have to change a bleak world and the inner voice that drives them forward.

Common Core Standards:

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL. 9-10.2 and 11-12.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.3 and 11-12.3 Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL. 9-10.5 and 11-12.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure specific parts of a text contribute to its overall.