DARK LIFE

Author (last name first):
Falls, Kat  

Publisher, Date of Publication: 

Scholastic Press/2010

Grade Level/ or Age Level: 

7th-12th

Classification:
Fiction 

Dark Life is set in a world were global warming has caused the Earth's oceans to rise, making land more valuable as well as cramped. The only other option is to take up residence  on the sea floor. Enter Ty- a team who has been raised form birth from the sub sea Benthic Territory. Add in the feisty "Topsider" Gemma and the treat of a roving gang of thugs, Dark Life is a fast paced read that i feel tweens and teens will race through. It leaves you wanting to know what happens next. Kat Falls has developed a world in which the reader can escape to as well as characters with whom teens can identify. 

Reviewed By: Crystal Krueger( City View Jr/Sr. High School)