Tankborn

Tankborn PDF Author: Karen Sandler
Publisher: Tu Books
ISBN: 9781620142967
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Best friends Kayla and Mishalla know they will be separated when the time comes for their Assignments. They are GENs, Genetically Engineered Non-humans, and in their strict caste system, GENs are at the bottom rung of society. High-status trueborns and working-class lowborns, born naturally of a mother, are free to choose their own lives. But GENs are gestated in a tank, sequestered in slums, and 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 a host of secrets and surprises--not least of which is her unexpected friendship with Zul's great-grandson. Meanwhile, the children that Mishalla is Assigned to care for are being stolen in the middle of the night. With the help of an intriguing lowborn boy, Mishalla begins to suspect that something horrible is happening to them. After weeks of toiling in their Assignments, mystifying circumstances enable Kayla and Mishalla to reunite. Together they hatch a plan with their new friends to save the children who are disappearing. Yet can GENs really trust humans? Both girls must put their lives and hearts at risk to crack open a sinister conspiracy, one that may reveal secrets no one is ready to face.

Tankborn

Tankborn PDF Author: Karen Sandler
Publisher: Tu Books
ISBN: 9781620142967
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Best friends Kayla and Mishalla know they will be separated when the time comes for their Assignments. They are GENs, Genetically Engineered Non-humans, and in their strict caste system, GENs are at the bottom rung of society. High-status trueborns and working-class lowborns, born naturally of a mother, are free to choose their own lives. But GENs are gestated in a tank, sequestered in slums, and 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 a host of secrets and surprises--not least of which is her unexpected friendship with Zul's great-grandson. Meanwhile, the children that Mishalla is Assigned to care for are being stolen in the middle of the night. With the help of an intriguing lowborn boy, Mishalla begins to suspect that something horrible is happening to them. After weeks of toiling in their Assignments, mystifying circumstances enable Kayla and Mishalla to reunite. Together they hatch a plan with their new friends to save the children who are disappearing. Yet can GENs really trust humans? Both girls must put their lives and hearts at risk to crack open a sinister conspiracy, one that may reveal secrets no one is ready to face.

Tankborn

Tankborn PDF Author: Karen Sandler
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 9781600606625
Category : Genetic engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Kayla and Mishalla, two genetically engineered non-human slaves (GENs), fall in love with higher-status boys, discover deep secrets about the creation of GENs, and find out what it means to be human.

Awakening (Tankborn #2): A Tankborn Novel

Awakening (Tankborn #2): A Tankborn Novel PDF Author: Cerkiewicz Brianna
Publisher: Tu Books
ISBN: 9781643790923
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Before Kayla can free her fellow GENs from slavery, she must save them from a deadly virus. Now in paperback: the second book in the critically acclaimed Tankborn trilogy! Once a lowly Chadi sector GEN girl terrified of her first job Assignment, Kayla is now a valued member of the Kinship, a secret organization of GENs, lowborns, and trueborns who fight to further the cause of GEN freedom. But she is still a slave to the trueborn ruling class, and her relationship with trueborn Devak is still strictly forbidden. Kayla longs to be truly free, but other priorities get in the way. A deadly new virus is sweeping through GEN sectors--a disease only GENs catch. And GEN warrens and warehouses are being bombed, with only the scrawled letters F.H.E. as a clue: Freedom, Humanity, Equality. In this sequel to Tankborn, freedom and love are put aside for a moment as Kayla and her friends find a way to stop the killing ... before it's too late.

Rebellion

Rebellion PDF Author: Karen Sandler
Publisher: Tu Books
ISBN: 9781600609848
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"In this final installment of the Tankborn series, Kayla has been kidnapped by the group that has been bombing GEN warehouses, and she must pretend to sympathize with them in order to escape"--

Ink and Ashes

Ink and Ashes PDF Author: Valynne E. Maetani
Publisher: Tu Books
ISBN: 9781620142110
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In this heart-pounding YA mystery, teenager Claire Takata stumbles on a secret from the past and must race to outrun her father's dangerous legacy.

A Study in Silks

A Study in Silks PDF Author: Emma Jane Holloway
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0349405522
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572

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In a Victorian era ruled by a council of ruthless steam barons, mechanical power is the real monarch and sorcery the demon enemy of the Empire. Nevertheless, the most coveted weapon is magic that can run machines - something Evelina has secretly mastered. But rather than making her fortune, her special talents could mean death or an eternity as a guest of Her Majesty's secret laboratories. What's a polite young lady to do but mind her manners and pray she's never found out? But then there's that murder. As Sherlock Holmes's niece, Evelina should be able to find the answers, but she has a lot to learn. And the first decision she has to make is whether to trust the handsome, clever rake who makes her breath come faster, or the dashing trick rider who would dare anything for her if she would only just ask.

Diverse Energies

Diverse Energies PDF Author: 11 Speculative Fiction Authors
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781620140116
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A collection of dystopian short stories featuring diverse main characters and by authors of color.

Boy, Everywhere

Boy, Everywhere PDF Author: A. M. Dassu
Publisher: Tu Books
ISBN: 9781643791968
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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What turns citizens into refugees and then immigrants? In this powerful middle-grade debut, Sami and his family embark on a harrowing journey to save themselves from the Syrian civil war. Sami loves his life in Damascus, Syria. He hangs out with his best friend playing video games; he's trying out for the football team; he adores his family and gets annoyed by them in equal measure. But his comfortable life gets sidetracked abruptly after a bombing in a nearby shopping mall. Knowing that the violence will only get worse, Sami's parents decide they must flee their home for the safety of the UK. Boy, Everywhere chronicles their harrowing journey and struggle to settle in a new land. Forced to sell all their belongings and leave their friends and beloved grandmother behind, Sami and his family travel across the Middle East to Turkey, where they end up in a smuggler's den. From there, they cross the treacherous waters of the Mediterranean and manage to fly to England, only to be separated and detained in an immigration prison for the crime of seeking asylum. Yet the transition from refugee to immigrant in a new life will be the greatest challenge Sami has ever faced. Based on the experiences of real Syrian refugees, this thoughtful middle-grade novel is the rare book to delve deeply into this years-long crisis. Portions of the proceeds of this book will be used to benefit Syrian refugees in the UK and to set up a grant to support an unpublished refugee or immigrant writer in the US. Sami's story is one of survival, of family and friendship, of bravery and longing ... Sami could be any one of us.

The Monster in the Mudball

The Monster in the Mudball PDF Author: Susan P. Gates
Publisher: Tu Books
ISBN: 9781620141410
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A monster is loose in London And it's kind of Jin's fault that Zilombo got loose. He tracked the monster to slimy Oozeburn Creek, but how does he get Zilombo to go back into her mudball, where she can't hurt anyone? That's when Jin meets Chief Inspector of Ancient Artifacts A. J. Zauyamakanda--Mizz Z, for short--who has arrived to inspect the mudball and insists that Jin help her find the monster that hatched from it. But Zilombo gains new, frightening powers every time she reawakens. She's cleverer than ever before . . . . and she likes to eat babies. When Jin's older sister gets distracted along the Oozeburn and forgets to watch their baby brother, Smiler is easy pickings for Zilombo Will Jin's baby brother be the next baby on Zilombo's menu? As Zilombo's powers grow, Jin and Mizz Z team up to outsmart Zilombo

Hammer of Witches

Hammer of Witches PDF Author: Shana Mlawski
Publisher: Tu Books
ISBN: 9781600609879
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Pursued by a secret witch-hunting arm of the Inquisition, 14-year-old bookmaker's apprentice Baltasar joins Columbus' expedition to escape and discovers secrets about his own past that his family had tried to keep hidden.