Partials (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780062071040)

For fans of The Hunger Games, Battlestar Galactica, and Blade Runner comes the first book in the Partials Sequence, a fast-paced, action-packed, and riveting sci-fi teen series, by acclaimed author Dan Wells.

Humanity is all but extinguished after a war with Partials--engineered organic beings identical to humans--has decimated the population. Reduced to only tens of thousands by a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island. But sixteen-year-old Kira is determined to find a solution. As she tries desperately to save what is left of her race, she discovers that that the survival of both humans and Partials rests in her attempts to answer questions about the war's origin that she never knew to ask.

Playing on our curiosity of and fascination with the complete collapse of civilization, Partials is, at its heart, a story of survival, one that explores the individual narratives and complex relationships of those left behind, both humans and Partials alike--and of the way in which the concept of what is right and wrong in this world is greatly dependent on one's own point of view.

Supports the Common Core State Standards

Author: Dan Wells
ISBN-10: 0062071041
ISBN-13: 9780062071040
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2012
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.51h x 5.81w x 1.49d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 20
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 150104 / Partials

Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2011
Booklist 01/01/2012 pg. 110
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2012 pg. 616 - Reviewed - More Editing Needed
Publishers Weekly 01/30/2012 pg. 59
School Library Journal 04/01/2012 pg. 180
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2012
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 118 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw