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Dark Life

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

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Dark Life
AuthorKat Falls
LanguageAmerican English
GenreScience fiction, post-apocalypse, adventure fiction
PublisherScholastic1
Publication dateMay 1, 2010
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages304
ISBN0545178150
Followed byRip 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.

Publishing rights outside the USA were sold in six languages.6

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.7 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.8 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.910

Awards

Dark Life was nominated for the following awards.11

  • Sunshine State Young Reader Award (2011)
  • Children's Book Award (2011)
  • Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (2011)
  • Maud Hart Lovelace Award (2011)
  • Truman Reader's Award (2011)
  • Golden Sower Award (2011)
  • Buckeye Children's Book Award (2011)12
  • Junior Book Award (2011)
  • Beehive Book Award (2011)
  • Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (2011)

Film adaptation

On April 5, 2010, Robert Zemeckis was set to direct the film adaptation for Disney and will co-produce with Gotham Group through ImageMovers.13

References

References

  1. "Dark Life". Publishers Weekly.
  2. "DARK LIFE" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Kirkus Reviews. Aug. 1st, 2011
  3. "Review: Dark Life". The Bookette.
  4. "Dark Life". Story Snoops.
  5. "RIP TIDE". Kirkus Reviews
  6. "Gotham Group options ‘Dark Life’. Variety, Tatiana Siegel January 25, 2010
  7. "Interview: June 2010" Archived March 30, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. KidsReads,
  8. "Feed the Hunger". Orion Magazine, By David Sobel, 2012
  9. "Dark Life". Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews. Marya Jansen-Gruber
  10. "Book Review: Dark Life by Kat Falls". Amazing Stories, Sam McDonald, February 2, 2016
  11. "Palos 118 students explore "Dark Life" with author Kat Falls". Palos Patch, February 7, 2013
  12. "2012 6-8 Nominations" Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine. Buckeye Book Award.
  13. Graser, Marc (April 5, 2010). "Disney, Zemeckis enter 'Dark Life'". Variety.
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