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On a Clear Day
Author:
Myers, Walter Dean
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Class:
Fiction
Age: 12-19
Language: English
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LC: PZ7.M992
Grade: 7-12
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ISBN-13: 9780385387538
LCCN: 2013046708
Imprint: Crown Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Crown
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Pub Date: 09/23/2014
Availability: Out of Print Confirmed
List: $17.99
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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244 pages ; 22 cm
H 8.5",
W 5.75",
D 1",
0.8 lbs.
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LC Series:
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Teen
Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles
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Bibliographies:
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Booklist High-Demand Hot List
Middle and Junior High Core Collection, 12th ed.
Senior High Core Collection, 20th ed.
Senior High Core Collection, 21st ed.
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Awards:
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Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
Kirkus Starred Reviews
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Starred Reviews:
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Kirkus Reviews
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TIPS Subjects:
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Science Fiction
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BISAC Subjects: |
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / General
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Dystopian
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Technology
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LC Subjects:
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England, Fiction
England, Juvenile fiction
Interpersonal relations, Fiction
Interpersonal relations, Juvenile fiction
Science fiction
Social action, Fiction
Social action, Juvenile fiction
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SEARS Subjects: |
England, Fiction
Interpersonal relations, Fiction
Science fiction
Social action, Fiction
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
4.8
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Points: 8.0
Lexile Level:
690
Reading Counts Level:
5.3
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Points: 15.0
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles | 09/01/2014 |
| With no special powers except the ideals for which they boldly stand, several teenage heroes take a stand against the corrupt C-8 consortium of companies in charge of all worldwide access to food, water, media, and finance in 2035. 256pp. |
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| Starred Reviews: |
| Kirkus Reviews | 08/15/2014 |
| Myers issues a rebellious call to action that chronicles how seven diverse teenagers respond to injustice in a globalized not-so-distant future. In 2035, giant multinationals control the world's major resources, engineering positive economic growth by exploiting worldwide social inequity. Change-embracing Dominican computer whiz and Bronx native Dahlia Grillo, the narrator, is one of seven teens who resist. The ragtag team of young activists has been drawn together from all over in hopes of making a difference, but they struggle to find direction and meaning. Soon they find themselves facing off with the young, charismatic Sayeed, who might be a terrorist, a revolutionary, both or neither. With such a lack of clarity, so many variables at play and the clock ticking, they must learn to trust in one another and work together. Myers' first posthumous release brings a narrative that fully embraces the richness of global cultures to the too-pale, too-monocultural dystopian market; its emphasis on the strength of collective action over individual heroics further distinguishes it from the bland masses. Dahlia's given cultural specificity with splashes of Spanish and an ode to Dominican home cooking. Readers are left to question what actions are possible, what actions are needed and what actions are right in a world where inaction is an impossibility.A clarion call from a beloved, much-missed master. (Science fiction. 12-16). 256pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2014. |
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| Journal Reviews |
| Booklist | 09/01/2014 |
| Grades 9-12. The year is 2035, and life is a struggle to survive. Gangs and fascistic mercenaries are everywhere, while the gap between rich and poor has become seemingly unbridgeable. Virtually everything is now controlled by C-8, the Central Eight companies. Michael, a former rocker determined to fight these corporate behemoths, puts together a group of six teens with varying abilities: Dahlia, the 16-year-old protagonist, is a computer whiz, while others include a chess champion, an ex-con, a soldier manque, a wheelchair-bound former athlete, and a former Peace Corps-type volunteer. After the teens encounter a young North African, things heat up when they discover that he has come to America determined to foment violence. How is he involved with the C-8? How will the teens try to thwart the corporate plans to extend their influence even further? In his last book, Myers, who passed away in July, turned his thoughtful attention to matters of pressing global importance and issued an implicit challenge to his YA readers to become involved and make a difference. It makes for a stirring valedictory. High-Demand Backstory: The final book from the inimitable Myers. Cart, Michael. 256p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2014. |
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| Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books | 11/01/2014 |
| Ad. Gr. 7-10. Two decades into the future, America is very recognizably America, but eight mega corporations, the C-8, now have a stranglehold on the global economy. Sixteen-year-old Dahlia Grillo, who has lost most of her family, is getting by in a small apartment, but she does miss the routine and camaraderie of high school since it was replaced by universal online education. When a pair of teens familiar with her math prowess shows up at her door to recruit her into a resistance movement against the C-8, she's therefore game. She joins a team of six other kids (including a chess prodigy and an ex-con) to attend a conference in London, at which other teen and young adult groups meet to strategize resistance activities. However, nothing much seems to come from the meetings until Dahlia's group is approached by a young Moroccan warlord, Sayeed Ibn Zayad, set on intimidating them into withdrawal. Now they must speedily assemble the pieces to a transnational puzzle that includes the C-8's announcement of a projected spike in profit, the discovery of a promising process for cell mutation control, and Sayeed's ambitions to become a global player. The kids-versus-evil corporation theme is already well established in YA lit, and this title faces stiff competition from novels that devote more page space to creating a fully realized dystopia. Moreover, Myers never really plays his strong suit-character development-settling instead for a septet of teens who don't amount to more than their assigned skill sets. Still, the implication that the even the most optimistic technological developments may prove toxic under unbridled corporate control is worth serious YA consideration. EB. 256p. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, c2014. |
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| Horn Book | 11/01/2014 |
| High School. Like many sixteen-year-olds in the year 2035, math whiz Dahlia Grillo wants to be part of something, make a difference in the world. But what can she do when the Central Eight (C-8) companies rule everything, enriching themselves while the rest of society fends for itself? "Gaters" retreat to gated communities; favelos (the poor) roam the towns; and terrorists and Nazi-like mercenaries fight for a place in the new order. Millions are starving, schools have closed, and everyone seems to ignore the collateral damage -- "a few thousand children dead in India, or an African village wiped out, or a few hundred miners in West Virginia quietly coughing their lungs out" -- caused by the seductive "marvelous gadgets" the companies sell. But hope lies in small bands of resistance such as the one Dahlia joins, led by a former rock star. They fight, have a measure of success, and ponder next moves. Published posthumously, this is an angry story, demonstrating again Myers's acute social conscience. If the volume is too slim for the big themes addressed, and the menace of the C-8 companies never feels quite tangible, Myers nonetheless succeeds in creating in Dahlia an appealing protagonist able to raise troubling questions about her world, one not far removed from our own. dean schneider. 246pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2014. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 05/01/2015 |
| 2. In 2035 sixteen-year-old math whiz Dahlia Grillo joins a resistance group, hoping to make a difference in the world. The Central Eight (C-8) companies rule everything; favelos (the poor) roam the towns; and terrorists and mercenaries fight for a place in the new order. This angry, posthumously published story demonstrates Myers's acute social conscience. Dahlia's an appealing protagonist who raises troubling questions about her world. ds. 246pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2015. |
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| School Library Journal | 02/01/2017 |
| Gr 7-10--In one of his last books, the former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature ventured into the dystopian genre. Dominican American heroine and computer whiz Dahlia joins with a diverse group of young adults to stand up to the eight corporations and a global terrorist that have taken over the world. Perfect for reluctant readers, this novel explores social, economic, and racial divides in a slim and accessible novel. Shelley M. Diaz. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2017. |
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| ~VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine - Retired Journal) | 08/01/2014 |
| 3Q 4P J S. In 2035 America, people with means live in gated communities; those without are hounded by roving gangs of thugs and skinheads. The C-8 (a consortium of eight enormous corporations) rules the world, taking all it can and leaving little for everyone else. From a culture of avoidance and fear, a small band of young adults, each selected for their unique skills, attempts to take down the C-8, only to find themselves in an old-school turf war. Myers's foray into dystopia is a mixed bag. Dahlia, a self-taught math and computer whiz from the Bronx, is a relatable, understandably conflicted narrator trying to make sense of a world that is out of control. The other characters on the team are barely more than stock characters--the Asian chess prodigy, the black ex-con, the white ex-rock star who brings the team together. The narrative is choppy and reads like a screenplay, fitting since the plot is "Mission Impossible: Futuristic Teen Edition." Although the team starts out targeting the C-8, they end up involved with a Moroccan terrorist, resulting in a gang war on the streets of Miami. How it all ties together is tenuous. What might work on the screen makes less sense on paper and never really grabs the reader's interest. It seems likely this is the set-up for a series or at least a sequel; fans of Myers's long and esteemed career will find something new here, but not better than many of his previous works for teens.--Vikki Terrile. 256p. VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES, c2014. |
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