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After climate change, on the north shore of Unlake Superior, a dystopian world is divided between those who live inside the wall, and those, like sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone, who live outside. It’s Gaia’s job to “advance” a quota of infants from poverty into the walled Enclave, until... read more
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In the enclave, your scar set you apart and the newly born will change the future. Sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone and her mother faithfully deliver their quota of three infants every month. But when Gaia’s mother is brutally taken away by the very people she serves, Gaia must question whether the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Gaia Stone: Main character. Teenage midwife. The determined heroine of the story who undertakes a dangerous mission into the Enclave to find out of the fate of her family and discover the secrets of her society. Was burned by her parents on the left side of her face.
- Bonnie Stone: Gaia's mother, also a midwife.
- Jasper Stone: Gaia's father, an expert tailor, and lover of codes.
- Leon Grey: Officer for the Enclave who is also the Protectorate's disowned son
- Sgt. Bartlett: Officer for the Enclave and brother of Gaia
- Masister Khol: Works in the Ennclave.
- Mabrother Iris: highly ranked officer of the Enclave.
- Rita: Maid in the Ennclave
- Derek Vlatir: Baker outside the Wall.
- Emily: Gaia's best friend.
- Rosa: Works in the nursery
- Maya: Gaia's sister
- Yvonne: Mace's daughter.
- Mace Jackson: A baker in the Enclave.
- Oliver: Mace Jackson's son.
- Sgt. Lanchester: A guard at the Wall.
- Genevieve: Leon's sister.
- Kyle: Emily's husband.
- Fiona: Leon's sister. She died some time ago.
- Tom: Add a description of this character.
- Rafael: Leon's step brother
- Dora
- Evelyn: Leon's sister.
- Sasha: An old childhood friend of Gaia's and Emily's.
- Nolan
- Theo Rupp: Emily's father.
- Julia
- Winston: The Protectorate's doorkeeper
- Sid
- Arthur: The name Gaia's parents gave their first born son before he was advanced to the Enclave
- Old Meg: Gaia's mother's assistant.
- Amanda
- Pearl: Mace Jackson's wife.
- Priscilla: The first infant Gaia delivers on her own.
- Odin: The name given to Gaia's second born brother by her parents, before he was advanced to the Enclave.
Setting & Locations edit
- Western Sector Three: Outside the wall; the sector where Gaia and her family lives.
- The Bastion
- Dead Forest: A rumoured forest beyond the Wasteland where people run away to escape the Enclave. Many don't believe that it exists.
- Tvaltar: Outside the wall. A place where a giant TV screen projects occasional movies and Enclave propaganda
- Unlake Superior: The remains of a lake that existed long ago. There is no water anymore, just a giant depression in the ground.
Organizations edit
- The Enclave: The government.
First Sentence edit
In the dim hovel, the mother clenched her body into one final, straining push, and the baby slithered out into Gaia’s ready hands.
Table of Contents edit
1) The Baby Quota
2) A Small, Brown Parcel
3) Rapunzel
4) The Folded Triangle
5) Sheperd's Purse
6) The Obelisk
7) Noon
8) Life First
9) The Doctors of Q Cell
10) Blueberries in the Unlake
11) The Gilded Mirror
12) A Pigeon Visits
13) Birthmarked
14) A Crime Against the Stat
15) The Yellow Pincushion
16) Cooperation
17) The Baby Code
18) One Chance
19) Jackson's Bakery
20) Forty-Six Chrome Spoons
21) Happiness
22) The Women of the Southeast Tower
23) Maya
24) A Perfectly Circular Pool
25) The Tunnels
26) White Boots
27) Trust
28) Returned Property
Authors & Contributors edit
- Caragh M. O'Brien (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Country: US
Publication Date: March 30, 2010
ISBN: 978-1596435698
Page Count: 361
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Country: US
Publication Date: March 30, 2010
ISBN: 978-1596435698
Page Count: 361
Awards edit
- The J.F.B. Award (Fake award) (March 2010: Awesomeness, 1st)
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