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Shade's Children (Paperback)

by Garth Nix (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books (1 Aug 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007174985
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007174980
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 33,542 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Infused with all the qualities we've come to expect of Garth Nix's futuristic adventures! It's exciting stuff! [and] a worthy addition to the genre." Inis "[Garth Nix is] the coolest read in the playground." Amanda Craig "Garth Nix blends suspense, action, and high emotion in this excellent, fast-moving science-fiction story." Amazon.com "The twists and turns of the action-filled plot are compelling." Publishers Weekly "A dynamic page-turner. Fast-paced action and the intensity of the entire situation make for exciting reading." ALA Booklist "Combines plenty of comic-book action in a sci-fi setting to produce an exciting read! An action-adventure with uncommon appeal outside the genre." Kirkus


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On your 14th birthday, you're dead meat! Chilling SF adventure from international bestselling author Garth Nix. In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no child shall live a day past his fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the child is the object of an obscene harvest resulting in the construction of a machinelike creature whose sole purpose is to kill. The mysterious Shade -- once a man, but now more like the machines he fights -- recruits the few children fortunate enough to escape. With luck, cunning, and skill, four of Shade's children come closer than any to discovering the source of the Overlords' power -- and the key to their downfall. But the closer the children get, the more ruthless Shade seems to become!
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Shade's Children, 16 Aug 2006
This has got to be one of the best books i have ever read. It is dark and creepy and Garth Nix describes an alternative world with scary realism. The book is so well written and you get incredibly emotionally attached to the characters in the book that it nearly made me cry and i have never cried reading a book before. All of the events draw you in closer to the book and characters making you feel stronger emotions as the book goes on. The ending is worthy of the rest of the book and shocks you because of how sudden it is and also the contrast of emotions is unbelievable. What else can i say apart from this book is probably one of the best teenage books out there (i mean mid to late teens - no younger than 15 or 16 as it is inappropriate below that age and would not be truly enjoyed, see the other review entitled 'weird' - big misconception as it is enjoyable to any fan of reading) and anyone not reading this has certainly missed out. I'm going to be thinking about this for a long time.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, 23 Oct 2006
This review is from: Shade's Children (Hardcover)
Readers of Garth Nix's Old Kingdom series will be well aware of his fantastic writing style and exceptional story telling. This time Nix provides his readers with a new and original style. Throughout the book we follow the story of 'Gold eye' who, having lost his loved ones to the evil overlords, must now seize the opertunity to escape from the 'factory like' dorms that all children are locked inside. For it will soon be his birthday; the sadest birthday of them all, when 14 year old children are taken and made into a grotesque machines, forced to serve the overlords for eternity. Gold eye must use his special talents to escape the dorms and be recruited by the ominous Shade. Obsessed with defeating the overlords, shade is both their saviour and their enemy. Suffice to say this book with both thrill and astound you; nix maintains the pace and the tension throughout, however the book is less up beat than his previous works. I prefer to see this as a posotive aspect; the fact that he can explore different areas and still suceed, proves once again his brilliance.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars so glad i got this, 1 Jul 2006
i do think this is for slightly older readers but that doesnt mean it is not a good book. being shown through the eyes of Gold Eye who is about as confused as the reader really works well, garth nix tends to have really intricate worlds which are easy to get lost in. you get a deep empathy with the characters which is helped along with little scripted videos, transmissions, lists and that sort of thing in between the chapters. the characters are well written with the determined and gritty to the excitable and dreamy. it is fast paced and keeps you on the edge of your seat when they go on missions and have to find daring means of escaping. aswell as burning with anger at the horrid overlords and crying with either sorrow or happiness.
just like all of Garth Nix's other books this is amzingly imaginative. and if you are a bit squeamish read the first little part quickly and dont let it put you off, the rest of the book is brilliant.
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4.0 out of 5 stars too scary for younger readers
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not So Sure
Ok I'm not going to lie here, but I am about 3 chapters away from completing this book and to be frank I'm still confused about what is going on. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars mmm
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