Blythe Woolston. Blythe makes things out of words. Things made of words like MARTians. Her debut YA novel, THE FREAK OBSERVER, earned the William C. Morris Award. BLACK HELICOPTERS, a novel about terror and terrorism, earned a Montana Book Award honor and the High Plains Book Award for YA. She is represented by Sarah Davies at Greenhouse Literary. Blythe also writes back-of-the-book . MARTians An extraordinarily imaginative and quirky new YA novel by Morris Award-winner Blythe Woolston. MARTians is a book about economics, the bats of happiness, and ostriches. Zoë Zindlemann graduated early. It wasn’t her idea. But then, Zoë doesn’t have many bltadwin.ru: Blythe Woolston. Blythe's Blog Contact About Blythe Kirkus says MARTians is "hilariously surreal (yet tragic)" and "Kafkaesque"—and yes! Star! Publishers Weekly says MARTians is a "terrifying extrapolation of the here-and-now" that will "set imaginations spinning." Booklist compares MARTians to Kafka* and Orwell and calls it "haunting and unforgettable.".
MARTians. by Blythe Woolston. Share your thoughts Complete your review. Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book. Rate it * You Rated it * 0. 1 Star - I hated it 2 Stars - I didn't like it 3 Stars - It was OK 4 Stars - I liked it 5 Stars - I loved it. Please make sure to choose a rating. MARTians An extraordinarily imaginative and quirky new YA novel by Morris Award-winner Blythe Woolston. MARTians is a book about economics, the bats of happiness, and ostriches. Zoë Zindlemann graduated early. It wasn't her idea. But then, Zoë doesn't have many ideas. Woolston (Black Helicopters) nods to Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles as she envisions a bleak, near-future suburban wasteland of empty housing developments and thriving big box.
Woolston, author of the Morris Award–winning The Freak Observer (), does a superb job creating a world that is part Kafka and part Orwell, while the regular integration into the narrative of quotes from Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles further lends an otherworldly quality. Blythe Woolston's MARTians hurts to read because though it's labelled dystopian/futuristic, it seems scarily contemporary. Zoë's mother abandons her, and her school closes down. She finds work in AllMART and shelter in a laundromat. But it's clear she's living day by day, and doesn't really have a future. With a handful of other disaffected, forgotten kids, Zoë must find her place in a world that has consumed itself beyond redemption. She may be a last girl, but her name means "life," and Zoë isn't ready to disappear into the AllMART abyss. Zoë wants to live. Membership Advantages. Reviews. "Beyond the Book" articles.
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