{"product_id":"salvage-alexandra-duncan-9780062220141","title":"Salvage","description":"\u003cp\u003eAva, a teenage girl living aboard the male-dominated deep space merchant ship \u003cem\u003eParastrata\u003c\/em\u003e, faces betrayal, banishment, and death. Taking her fate into her own hands, she flees to the Gyre, a floating continent of garbage and scrap in the Pacific Ocean, in this thrilling, surprising, and thought-provoking debut novel that will appeal to fans of \u003cem\u003eAcross the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e, by Beth Revis, and \u003cem\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e, by Margaret Atwood. Internationally bestselling author Stephanie Perkins called it \"brilliant, feminist science fiction.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva is the captain's daughter. This allows her limited freedom and a certain status in the \u003cem\u003eParastrata\u003c\/em\u003e's rigid society--but it doesn't mean she can read or write or even withstand the forces of gravity. When Ava learns she is to be traded in marriage to another merchant ship, she hopes for the best. After all, she is the captain's daughter. But instead, betrayal, banishment, and a brush with love and death are her destiny, and Ava stows away on a mail sloop bound for Earth in order to escape both her past and her future. The gravity almost kills her. Gradually recuperating in a stranger's floating cabin on the Gyre, a huge mass of scrap and garbage in the Pacific Ocean, Ava begins to learn the true meaning of family and home and trust--and she begins to nourish her own strength and soul. This sweeping and harrowing novel explores themes of choice, agency, rebellion, and family, and after a tidal wave destroys the Gyre and all those who live there, ultimately sends its main character on a thrilling journey to Mumbai, the beating heart of Alexandra Duncan's post-climate change Earth. An Andre Norton Award nominee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Duncan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062220144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062220141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwillow Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e165436 \/ Salvage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Cybils - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2014 pg. 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2014 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014 - Recommended - Better Than Most\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/19\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014 pg. 513\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw","brand":"Alexandra Duncan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48152944640255,"sku":"9780062220141","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a12cfec3-b145-4737-8a32-4b77516fdd32.jpg?v=1770780248","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/salvage-alexandra-duncan-9780062220141","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}