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  1 Illuminae
Author: Kaufman, Amie CoAuthor: Kristoff, Jay
    Series: Illuminae files, #1
 
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Class: Fiction
Age: 14-19
Language: English
Demand: Moderate
LC: PZ7.K164
Grade: 9-12
ISBN-13: 9780553499117
LCCN: 2014017908
Imprint: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Random House
Pub Date: 10/20/2015
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
List: $20.99
  Hardcover
Physical Description: 599 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm H 9.31", W 6.38", D 1.75", 1.9125 lbs.
LC Series: The Illuminae files ;
Brodart Sources: Brodart's For Youth Interest: Popular
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Awards: Best Fiction for Young Adults
Booklist Starred Reviews
Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
Kirkus Starred Reviews
Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews
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Starred Reviews: Booklist
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Publishers Weekly
TIPS Subjects: Science Fiction
BISAC Subjects: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / General
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / General
LC Subjects: Artificial intelligence, Fiction
Interplanetary voyages, Fiction
Interplanetary voyages, Juvenile fiction
Plague, Fiction
Science fiction
SEARS Subjects: Science fiction
Reading Programs: Accelerated Reader Level: 5.5 , Points: 14.0
Lexile Level: 780
 
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Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles | 09/01/2015
In a story told through hacked military files, emails, interviews, medical reports, and more, Kady must team with her ex-boyfriend to escape the plague-ridden planet after a fight between two rival corporations leads to an invasion in 2075. Illuminae files series, 608pp., Ill.
Starred Reviews:
Booklist | 09/15/2015
Grades 8-12. High-school students Kady and Ezra have just broken up with each other when Kerenza IV, their mining outpost planetary home, is suddenly attacked by a rival company using both traditional and biological weapons. In the scramble to get off the planet, they are separated, ending up with a waning number of Kerenza survivors on two different space vessels that are trying to outrun one remaining BeiTech dreadnought; however, Kady and Ezra remain united in their desire to escape destruction, exact revenge, and maybe give each other a second chance. Tightly woven and suspenseful, this is one long briefing report about the mining colony attack and its aftermath that makes innovative use of mission reports, e-mails, texts, ship schematics, dialogue, and other forms of communication--with profanity cunningly redacted. Kaufman and Kristoff have created a fast-paced, quasi-political sci-fi thriller that is completely unique. Hints of romance and references to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey interweave with the text, itself an arresting visual experience that weds form with expression and content: for example, a thin pinwheel of print reflects the chaos of a newbie pilot's first deadly space battle. The ending, two simple words, sets the stage for the next entry in the Illuminae Files, a planned trilogy. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Kaufman (Starbound series) and Kristoff (Lotus War series) are no strangers to the sf-fantasy world. Their combined expertise and fan bases, plus a huge marketing campaign by the publisher, will make this a hot title. Welch, Cindy. 607p. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2015.
Kirkus Reviews | 07/15/2015
In the wake of an interstellar incident, a post-mortem dossier comprising interview transcripts, memos, instant-messaging transcripts, diary entries, and more is assembled in this mammoth series opener. Teenage colonists and exes Kady's and Ezra's lives are rocked by the 2575 assault on the Wallace/Ulyanov Consortium's illegal mining colony by their corporate rival, BeiTech Industries. They are among the lucky ones who manage to evacuate--Kady to the science vessel Hypatia and Ezra to the United Terran Authority's battlecarrier Alexander. The latter escorts both Hypatia and the freighter Copernicus in a monthslong race to safety while pursued by a BeiTech dreadnought, one likely to win should the ships engage again. Ezra's recruited as a fighter pilot. Kady avoids conscription by flunking tests and highlighting her defiant personality, which allows her freedom to hack the ships. What she discovers disturbs her and leads her to communicate with Ezra again--both for more information and because of their unfinished business. The two teenagers--a focus of the dossier due to their sleuthing--share and uncover disturbing information about an incident with Copernicus, the damage sustained by Alexander's artificial intelligence system, and a terrifying virus. The design's creative visuals take advantage of the nontraditional format, which gracefully juggles document types, foreshadowing, clues, voices, and characters. As the characters' time runs out, the story ambushes readers with surprises. The account completes the incident's history but not its fallout. Ambitious, heartbreaking, and out-of-this-world awesome. (Science fiction. 13 & up). 608pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2015.
Publishers Weekly | 07/20/2015
Ages 14-up. Star-crossed lovers fight for survival in this visually stunning adventure, the first in a trilogy and told through myriad documents and archived information, including instant messages, email, interview transcripts, memos, and security footage. Following a devastating attack on their home planet, Kady Grant and Ezra Mason, having just broken up, end up on different ships, part of a refugee fleet fleeing a cosmic dreadnought. Additionally, a virus is turning the survivors into bloodthirsty monsters, while one ship's murderous AI takes extreme measures to protect the fleet. Though separated, Kady and Ezra rekindle their relationship while everything collapses around them. What starts off as a spacefaring action-romance evolves into a nerve-wracking horror story as the true scope of the situation becomes clear. Kaufman (the Starbound trilogy) and Kristoff (the Lotus War series) offer a stylistically mesmerizing tale, where story and art are interchangeable, and words act as pictures. The more experimental sections may require extra effort on readers' parts, but the result is worth it. Agent: (for Kaufman) John Adams and Tracey Adams, Adams Literary; (for Kristoff) Matt Bialer and Lindsay Ribar, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.(Oct.). 608p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2015.
Journal Reviews
BookPage | 11/01/2015
Kady barely has time to register how awful her breakup with Ezra feels--these things still hurt, even in year 2575--when, later that same day, her home planet is attacked. Kady and Ezra fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, but they're separated onto two different ships in the process. With the enemy on their tails, bad turns to worse for the survivors: A plague on one of the ships is leading to quarantines, and the artificial intelligence known as AIDAN is becoming increasingly difficult to trust. At more than 600 pages and presented as a dossier containing emails, ship schematics, private journals and the transcribed "thoughts" of AIDAN, Illuminae is a bit of a doorstopper, but one readers will be hard-pressed to set down after page one. Part of the fun is piecing together these sometimes funny, often scary fragments to discover the story within. Gory scenes of plague victims are especially chilling when juxtaposed against clinical tallies of the infected and dead. Many of the survivors have been conscripted into the military, and the subsequent male bonding and raunchy humor lighten the mood while also adding an element of realism. Illuminae is a smart, sad, funny, philosophical, action-packed futuristic love story. It's also part one of a planned trilogy, so start here and prepare to be impatient for the arrival of the next installment. Heather Seggel. 608p. BOOKPAGE, c2015.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books | 12/01/2015
R. Gr. 8-12. At the core of this massive, ambitious collection of fictional interviews, diary entries, chat transcripts, and more is a gripping love story, but even that becomes a shaky center when it looks like characters may not be who they say they are. Kady and Ezra, former boyfriend/girlfriend, escape to two different space vessels after an attack on their settlement in 2575. However, they are still being hunted in space, and a horrifying virus quickly spreads among the ships that causes those infected to go on murderous rampages. They try to keep in touch with each other, with Kady sharing hacked information and Ezra sharing whatever military secrets he is able to catch, but will that save them from all manner of likely doom? The composite narrative is a visual feast, particularly any passages or visual images created by AIDAN, the artificial intelligence core of one of the ships (which has been damaged, resulting in a brilliant, chilling, and satisfyingly unreliable narrator given that he is meant to be the solid, factual center). The formatting serves the book well, steering away from gimmick successfully. Readers more accustomed to a traditional text narrative should be encouraged to keep going with this masterful sci-fi undertaking; if they end up as fans they'll be pleased to see it is only volume one. AS. 608p. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, c2015.
Horn Book Guide | 05/01/2016
3. Breaking up immediately before their planet's invasion, Kady and Ezra find themselves on separate spaceships fleeing an enemy warship. However, a damaged ally A.I. and strange disease may be the real dangers. This sci-fi romance novel's minimalist, dynamic format--the story is told entirely through instant messages, transcripts, letters, reports, etc.--increases the sense of tension and adds the reading experience. lc. 602pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2016.
School Library Journal | 06/01/2015
Gr 7 Up. Kady Grant has typical problems: school, parents, and a boyfriend she just dumped. But life spirals out of control when Kady's planet, Kerenza, is attacked by an unknown enemy. As destruction unfolds around her, Kady manages to escape her planet on one of three ships. Kady is considered lucky, with her mother on one ship and her ex, Ezra, on another. As the convoy flees Kerenza with the enemy close behind, it is clear that the problems have just begun. A deadly virus is spreading through one of the ships; AIDEN, the onboard computer of the lead ship, has gone rogue; and the enemy is in close pursuit in an attempt to destroy the last witnesses of the Kerenza catastrophe. Using a nontraditional writing style, Kaufman and Kristoff craft the narrative using illustrated screen shots of spaceship blueprints, interviews, data, and messages that make up the "Illuminae Files." Despite the minimal presence of conventional paragraphs, there is a surprisingly natural flow as elements are seamlessly woven together to create a satisfying dossier-style reading experience. The characters are immediately real and with harrowing accounts, unexpected twists, and gut-wrenching selflessness, they become even more endearing over the course of the book. While reminiscent of the works of Isaac Asimov and Orson Scott Card, this work is a distinct piece that stands alone. VERDICT A great recommendation for middle and high school science-fiction fans. Paige Rowse, Syosset High School Library, New York. 608p. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2015.
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