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The Other Side of the Island
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The Other Side of the Island (2008) (edit title/settings)

by Allegra Goodman (Author) (edit contributors)

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From New York Times bestselling author Allegra Goodman comes a post apocalyptic novel about love, loss, and the power of human choice. Honor and her parents have been reassigned to live on Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea. Life is peaceful there—the color of the sky is regulated by Earth... read more

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It is the eighteenth year of Enclosure when a girl named Honor moves from the polar regions to Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea. Every day is sunny; every hour has its own shade of color in the sky. Life on the island is perfect; there is no sadness, no violence. Every family fits in to Earth... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

It is the eighteenth year of Enclosure when a girl named Honor moves from the polar regions to Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea. Every day is sunny; every hour has its own shade of color in the sky. Life on the island is perfect; there is no sadness, no violence. Every family fits in to Earth Mother and her rules, except for Honor’s. Honor’s family does not fit in. She has a younger brother, Quintilian, making her family an “Unacceptable Four”. Her parents break more and more rules. They ignore curfew and do not pray to Earth Mother. Soon, they are taken away, tranquilized by large amounts of Planet Safe to become one of the Orderlies, who were slaves that were almost brain-dead. Everyone was brainwashed of their older memories, leaving only recent pasts. Honor's father, Will, escapes capture but her mother becomes an Orderlies, they took away their recent pasts and gave them older memories instead. Orderlies were forced to sleep in tiny buildings and were given numbers for identity. Honor must live in at the orphanage, where they are starved of love. She becomes closer to Helix, whose parents were friends of Pamela and Will. Helix showed Honor the lies of her world. When Helix and Honor are paired up for a chore of cleaning up scrap paper, he tells her that many books she has read were originally different. Dorothy Gale from the Wizard of Oz was changed to Dorothy Dale because a gale is a storm. According to Honor’s books, she was dreaming of the journey but in the original there was a toronado. The Old Colony School’s librarian, Miss Tuttle, personally saw to the changes of these books, yet later, it is found out that she is the Forecaster, leader of the rebellion against Earth Mother, the “protector” who is worshipped for keeping the planet safe and in the Enclosure.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Honor: Main character. Honor finds it difficult to fit into her strict new neighborhood, school, and changes in the family.
  • Helix: Honor's only friend
  • Miss Blessing: A woman who controls the children at the Old Colony
  • Quintilian: Honor's little brother.
  • Miss Tuttle: Librarian
  • Octavio: The classroom pet octopus
  • Will: Honor's father
  • Pamela: Honor's mother
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  • Our mission is overcoming difference, and a Colony education is comprehensive. We teach the whole child.”
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First Sentence edit see section history

All this happened many years ago, before the streets were air-conditioned.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Part One - Honor moves to Island 365 in the Tranquil Sea
Part Two - Quintilian is born
Part Three - Honor's Parents are Taken
Part Four - Honor & Helix plan to recover the parents

Glossary edit see section history

  • Planet Safe: The chemical put into all food, and in some cases other things, used to induce memory loss in members of society.
  • Earth Mother: The leader of the world, leads the Corporation
  • Orderlies: People who do all manual labor jobs in the colony, they are shaved to look the same and drugged to be able to only accomplish their assigned task.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • conformity: Differences are not tolerated in this society. Sameness is valued. Honor worries about the fact that her parents act different from the others in the colony. She attempts to conform at school so that her entire family will be safer.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Allegra Goodman (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Razorbill
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Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 1595141952
Page Count: 272

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

This is a fairly easy to read, lower level dystopian although the elements are all still there. The end gets a little chaotic and scary but still readable for a younger audience.

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