Undertow (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780544348257)

First, we feared them. Then we fought them. Now they might be our only hope.

Sixteen-year-old Lyric Walker's life is forever changed when she witnesses the arrival of 30,000 Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors, on her beach in Coney Island. The world's initial wonder and awe over the Alpha quickly turns ugly and paranoid and violent, and Lyric's small town transforms into a military zone with humans on one side and Alpha on the other. When Lyric is recruited to help the crown prince, a boy named Fathom, assimilate, she begins to fall for him. But their love is a dangerous one, and there are forces on both sides working to keep them apart. Only, what if the Alpha are not actually the enemy? What if they are in fact humanity's best chance for survival? Because the real enemy is coming. And it's more terrifying than anything the world has ever seen.

Action, suspense, and romance whirlpool dangerously in this cinematic saga

Author: Michael Buckley
ISBN-10: 0544348257
ISBN-13: 9780544348257
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 05/05/2015
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 173638 / Undertow

Award: Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended

Review Citation(s):
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
School Library Journal 02/01/2015 pg. 98
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2015
Booklist 03/01/2015 pg. 60
Publishers Weekly 03/30/2015
BookPage 05/01/2015
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2015
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 113 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw