THREE STARRED REVIEWS! • The Times Children's Book of the Year • Nominated for the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award • Now available in paperback with a brand-new cover and limited-edition sprayed edges!
From award-winning author Kenneth Oppel comes the can't-wait-to-talk-about-it novel that defies genre to create a teen survival thriller unlike any you've read before. For fans of Leave the World Behind, A.S. King, M.T. Anderson and Margaret Atwood.
Xavier Oaks doesn't particularly want to go to the cabin with his dad and his dad's pregnant new wife, Nia. But family obligations are family obligations, and it's only for a short time. So he leaves his mom, his brother, and his other friends behind for a week in the woods. Only . . . one morning he wakes up and the house isn't where it was before. It's like it's been lifted and placed . . . somewhere else. And there's no one else around . . .
Until, three years later, another family arrives.
Is there any escape? Is there a reason they are stuck where they are? Different people have different answers — and those different answers inexorably lead to tension, strife and sacrifice.
In this masterpiece, finally available in paperback and featuring limited-edition sprayed edges, award-winning author Kenneth Oppel builds a heart-stopping story that feels very much of our moment, where our very human choices collectively lead to humanity's eventual fate.
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"It was a fun and quick read that made you think lots throughout."
— Emily S. (4/5)
Great YA novel by a childhood favourite author
"Thank you so much to Tandem Global collective, Penguin Teen Ca and Tundra Books for sending me a copy of this book to read and review on this read along. When I saw the name Kenneth Oppel I about screamed because I haven’t read anything by him since I was a kid when I read Silverwing haha. And when I saw this was dystopian I knew I needed it in my life. This was a interesting read for me, our main characters family went to their summer cottage and they all wake up under a dome, which reminds me of Under the Dome (even though I’ve never read it ahha). I liked that thought this story we get introduced to more characters and how different peoples ideas can influence how you think. I also liked that we never really know who is behind the some, is it aliens or have they been kidnapped by the government? And we get a glimpse but there’s still not clear cut answer. The story also makes the reader think if they never give up trying to escape or just give up and live their lives. I enjoyed the variety of characters we meet, kids and adults, stable and not stable also unlikeable with maybe some redeeming qualities. I am still suspicious about our main character Zay’s little brother who was born in the dome. Is he human? Is he a changing? We never find out, he’s just very advanced for his age. I would recommend this book to those who don’t mind a young adult book, not as detailed but still entertaining and interesting."
— JustineVandale (4/5)
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Date de publication : Mar 02, 2027
Langue : anglais
Nombre de pages : 256
Éditeur : Tundra Book Group
ISBN : 9780735272385
Dimensions :
5.5" W x
0.625" L x
8.25" H
Named the Children's Book of the Year by The Times Shortlisted for the 2026 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards, Young Adult/Middle Reader Award category Nominated for the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award — Young People's Literature — Text One of YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2025 A #1 Kids Indie Next Pick One of YALSA's Top Ten 2026 Best Fiction for Young Adults One of YALSA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2025 One of Indigo's Best Ten Books of 2025 A 2025 Indigo Best of the Year (So Far) One of Quill & Quire's Favourite Young Readers Titles of 2025 A Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Book for Kids and Teens, Fall 2025 A Financial Times Best Young Adult Book of 2025 A 2026-2027 Florida Teens Read Award Nominee
PRAISE FOR Best of All Worlds: "Oppel centers a persistent and intelligent protagonist in this unassuming but riveting novel. Compact yet brimming with tense atmosphere, it’s a sharp examination of society and isolation presented as a thriller set in a deceptively bucolic landscape." —STARRED REVIEW, Publishers Weekly
"Stereotypes on both sides of the political aisle are deftly explored through these characters, but above all, this is the definition of a page-turner. . . . A thought-provoking, uncomfortable thriller that readers won’t be able to forget. Highly recommended." —STARRED REVIEW, School Library Journal
"[A]n inventive, dramatic work of speculative fiction about accepting uncertainty and surviving change. . . . Oppel brilliantly withholds confirming the truth of the Oaks's and Jacksons' circumstances until the novel's crucial climax, ensuring readers will race through the chapters to Oppel's expert landing of a close. An excellent read-alike for fans of Neal Shusterman and Gary Paulsen." —STARRED REVIEW, Shelf Awareness
"Oppel . . . leaves readers to sift the evidence through their own social and political convictions. The plot heats up when the mysterious overseers are revealed along with a terrifying secret, and cultural frictions mount between the two families." —Kirkus Reviews
"[T]his already fantastic story takes even more incredible twists and turns, with issues that will strike readers as surprisingly timely and current. . . . [T]he first thing I did was reread the whole book in hopes of finding answers to the questions I still had about this well-crafted story — one that kept me guessing right to the end." —Bernie Goedhart, Montreal Gazette
"[I]mmediately puts the reader on edge with a thick atmosphere of suspense and danger." — Young Adult Library Services Association
KENNETH OPPEL wrote his first novel at age fourteen and is now a multi-award-winning bestselling author. His books include the Silverwing trilogy, which has sold over a million copies around the world, and Airborn, winner of the Governor General's Literary Award and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. His most recent novel is Ghostlight, which was shortlisted for several awards, including the Aurora and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award. Oppel lives with his family in Toronto.
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