Dead Water Zone

Overview

For as long as he can remember, Paul has looked after his younger, weaker brother Sam. But when Sam leaves home to work as a research assistant in Watertown, he disappears into the dark folds of the city's noxious slum. When Paul goes looking for Sam in Watertown, he learns a dark secret: something in the water is changing the residents of Watertown, transforming them into something inhuman. But can Paul reach Sam before the dark waters get to him first?

Editorial Reviews

Plenty of action, a pinch of romance and such up-to-date topics as pollution and computer-hacking speed along this futuristic thriller. In search of his runaway younger brother, athletic Paul leaves his tidy suburban home to plunge into the murky slum called Watertown. Various events lead Paul to believe that his missing brother is caught in something very strange indeed, something that has to do with the potent waters surrounding the shantytown. Watertown proves a magnificently eerie setting--so much so that it tends to upstage the novel's plot and its characters, both of which seem rather thin and unoriginal in comparison. Although it does not offer readers challenges on a level with those found in, say, Peter Dickinson's Eva , this fast-paced adventure contains plenty to enjoy. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Author Information

Bio of Kenneth Oppel

Kenneth Oppel is the bestselling author of Skybreaker, winner of the Red Maple Award and the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Award, and Airborn, which won the Governor General's, Red Maple and Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Awards. Also a finalist for the prestigious TD Children's Literature Award, Airborn was a Michael L. Printz Honor Book in the U.S. and an IBBY Honour Book. His million-copy-selling Silverwing Saga won the Mr. Christie's Book Award. Oppel lives in Toronto with his family. http://www.kennethoppel.ca.

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Imprint

HarperCollins e-books

Filesize

375.46 KB

Number of Pages

208

eBook ISBN

9780061968389