Dark Life

Dark Life
Author Kat Falls
Country United States
Language American English
Genre Science fiction, post-apocalypse, adventure fiction
Publisher Scholastic[1]
Publication date
 May 1, 2010
Media type Print (hardcover)
Pages 304
ISBN 0545178150
Followed by Rip Tide

Dark Life is the first book in a futuristic adventure fiction and science fiction [2]series of the same name by Kat Falls.[3] The novel was published May 1, 2010 by Scholastic.[4] Falls has written a sequel: Rip Tide.[5] Scholastic has published a study guide for the books.

Film rights to the story were acquired by Gotham Group in 2010.[6][7] Publishing rights outside the USA were sold in six languages.[8]

Plot summary

The world has been plunged underwater leaving very little land left above water. A teenage boy, Ty, has spent his entire life underwater helping his family farm their sea homestead.[9] Ty meets a teenage girl, Gemma, from the land, who is looking for her brother. A group of sea bandits known as the "Seablite Gang" attacks Ty's homestead and he and Gemma try to capture the bandits.[10] However, a member of the gang, Shade, turns out to be Gemma's brother. It also turns out that Shade, like Ty, has a "dark gift" that allows him to change his appearance, however Ty's dark gift is that he is able to use echo-location similar to a bat.[11][12]

Awards

Dark Life was nominated for the following awards.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Dark Life". Publishers Weekly.
  2. ↑ "DARK LIFE". Kirkus Reviews. Aug. 1st, 2011
  3. ↑ "Review: Dark Life". The Bookette.
  4. ↑ "Dark Life". Story Snoops.
  5. ↑ "RIP TIDE". Kirkus Reviews
  6. ↑ "Robert Zemeckis To Direct 'Dark Life'". MTV News, Adam Rosenberg 4/06/2010
  7. ↑ "Disney, Zemeckis enter ‘Dark Life’". Variety, Marc Graser April 5, 2010
  8. ↑ "Gotham Group options ‘Dark Life’. Variety, Tatiana Siegel January 25, 2010
  9. ↑ "Interview: June 2010". KidsReads,
  10. ↑ "Feed the Hunger". Orion Magazine, By David Sobel, 2012
  11. ↑ "Dark Life". Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews. Marya Jansen-Gruber
  12. ↑ "Book Review: Dark Life by Kat Falls". Amazing Stories, Sam McDonald, February 2, 2016
  13. ↑ "Palos 118 students explore "Dark Life" with author Kat Falls". Palos Patch, February 7, 2013
  14. ↑ "2012 6-8 Nominations". Buckeye Book Award.

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