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Title details for The Sky Inside by Clare B. Dunkle - Available

The Sky Inside

by Clare B. Dunkle
Bruce Turk
Audiobook
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Martin lives in a perfect world. Every year, a new generation of genetically-engineered children is shipped out to meet their parents. Every spring the residents of his town take down the snow they’ve stuck to their windows and put up flowers. Every morning his family gathers around their television and votes, like everyone else, for whatever matter of national importance the president has on the table. Today, it is the color of his drapes. It’s business as usual under the protective dome of suburb HM1.
And it’s all about to come crashing down. Because a stranger has come to take away all the little children, including Martin’s sister, Cassie, and no one wants to talk about where she has gone. The way Martin sees it, he has a choice. He can remain in the dubious safety of HM1, with danger that no one wants to talk about lurking just beneath the surface, or he can actually break out of the suburb, into the mysterious land outside, rumored to be nothing but blowing sand for miles upon miles.

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  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 25, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780739362730
      • File size: 213908 KB
      • Duration: 07:25:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5.1
    • Lexile® Measure: 730
    • Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Dunkle's Orwellian tale of perfect people living in a seemingly perfect world is vivid and imaginative. The encapsulated world is stale--the people brainwashed to believe they have ideal lives. But it's all about to break wide open. Narrator Bruce Turk offers a solid reading that captures this world perfectly. His firm delivery is never overly emotional or theatrical. As Turk creates the bland and hopeless atmosphere of Dunkle's story, a stunning sense of foreboding comes through. While Turk offers a variety of voices for the story's colorful characters, he's at his best when depicting the mysterious setting. L.B. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5.1
  • Lexile® Measure:730
  • Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
  • Text Difficulty:3

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