Above
by Leah Bobet
http://www.leahbobet.com
Arthur A. Levine Books
ISBN: 9780545296700
Release Date: April 1, 2012
from the author's site:
Matthew’s father had lion’s feet and his mother had gills, and both
fled the modern-day city to live in underground Safe, a secret community
of freaks, ghost-whisperers, and disabled outcasts hidden beyond the
subways and sewers. Raised underground, Matthew is responsible for the
keeping of both Safe’s histories and the traumatized shapeshifter Ariel,
the girl he took in, fell in love with – and can’t stop from constantly
running away.
But Safe is no longer safe: the night after a frightening encounter
in the sewers, Safe’s founder Atticus is murdered by the one person Safe
ever exiled: mad Corner, whose coup is backed by an army of mindless,
whispering shadows.
Only Matthew, Ariel, and a handful of unstable, crippled compatriots
escape to the city that cast them out; the dangerous place he knows only
as Above. Despite Ariel’s increasingly erratic behaviour and with the
odds against them, Matthew must find a way to rescue Safe from Corner’s
occupying army. But as his quest leads him through abandoned asylums and
the dregs of urban poverty, Matthew discovers that the histories he’s
devoted his life to aren’t true: Corner’s invasion — and Ariel’s terrors
– are rooted in a history of Safe much darker and bloodier than Matthew
ever imagined.
And even if he manages to save both home and Ariel, he may well lose himself.
why it caught my eye:
I love the look of the dragonfly wings on the cover. :) Can't help it. I'm a dragonfly kinda girl. The premise is certainly interesting, I'm curious to see what happens. Anyone read it yet? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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