Tankborn (Tankborn # 1): A Tankborn Novel - Softcover

Karen Sandler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620142961 ISBN 13: 9781620142967

Publisher: Lee & Low Books, 2015

Synopsis

On rugged planet Loka, life for best friends Kayla and Mishalla is arduous at best. They are GENs, Genetically Engineered Non-humans, gestated in a tank and then sent to work as slaves as soon as they reach age fifteen. When Kayla is Assigned to care for Zul Manel, the patriarch of a trueborn family, she finds secrets and surprises not least of which is her budding friendship with Zul s handsome great-grandson. Meanwhile, the children that Mishalla is Assigned to care for are being stolen in the middle of the night, and a strange lowborn boy is hanging around nearby. Both girls must put their lives and hearts at risk to crack open a sinister conspiracy, revealing secrets no one is ready to face. The first in a trilogy, Tankborn is a page-turning dystopian thriller with a hard science fiction edge that explores what it means to be human.

About this title

About the Author:

KAREN SANDLER is the author of the Tankborn trilogy as well as seventeen novels for adults and several short stories and screenplays. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a software engineer, including work on the Space Shuttle program and communications satellites. She lives in northern California with her husband, Gary, and their three cats, and can often be found riding her Andalusian/Morgan mare, Belle.

Review:

Advanced genetic engineering and upsettingly plausible caste oppression keep pages turning in this futuristic science fiction tale... A good option for science-fiction fans interested in genetic engineering, rebellion and class issues. --Kirkus Reviews

The author s speculative vision of the darker side of future possibilities in genetic engineering and mind control is both chilling and thought-provoking. This is a dark novel that will appeal to those who enjoyed M.T. Anderson s Feed (Candlewick, 2002), and it would make a good stepping-stone to Anthony Burgess s classic, A Clockwork Orange (W.W. Norton, 1963). --School Library Journal

Karen Sandler s Tankborn is a thought-provoking YA science fiction that s very fast-paced and brilliantly executed. You re thrown into the world, having to figure out terminology via its usage rather than through information dumps. And while the plot isn t hard to follow, there s a lot of underlying themes that lend themselves to discussion (with regards to using religion to control people, the morality of creating a race of genetically engineered slaves, etc.). . . . . Tankborn is a highly recommended, thought-provoking YA novel from a new imprint dedicated to diversity. --SF Signal

About this edition

• Publisher: Lee & Low Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1620142961
• ISBN 13: 9781620142967
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384