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Description edit
Originally published as Invitation to the Game, the 2010 edition is titled just The Game. A chilling account of life in 2154, when most jobs are done by machines. Lisse and her friends are unemployable after graduation, but the government gives them an abandoned warehouse in a bleak... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Organizations edit
- The Government: It never really gets into the who/what/where beyond what was essential to cause the reader to connect to the characters.
First Sentence edit
It was the last day fo school and the terror of the previous weeks had crept up on me again.
Table of Contents edit
1 - April 2154: The Last Rites
2 - May to June 2154: Into the Night Jungle
3 - 17 June, 2154: Bread and Circuses
4 - July 2154: The Treasure Seekers
5 - July 2154: The Archbishop or the Grasshopper?
6 - Autumn and Winter 2154: The Milk of Paradise
7 - May 2155: Second Level
8 - June 2155: Galaxy Game
9 - June 2155: Out of the Egg
10 - June 2157: Prize
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Monica Hughes (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0002235919
Page Count: 179
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0002235919
Page Count: 179
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Ages 9-12I believe that this book was listed in the 5th-6th grade reading level when I first read it. The language is rather tame and the situations cordial give or take a touch of personality based friction. The subject matter may be written as if for more mentally mature children, but not so much that this age group wouldn't understand.
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