Copyright Date:
2024
Edition Date:
2024
Release Date:
10/15/24
Pages:
408 pages
New Title:
Yes
ISBN:
1-645-95132-4
ISBN 13:
978-1-645-95132-2
Dewey:
Fic
LCCN:
2024028793
Dimensions:
22 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews
In this third series installment, Myra and Canter return to the MoonMyra, Hannah, and Bernard, who have been exiled to the Old World, learn what life has been like there for centuries. Meanwhile, the Botans, including Canter's mother, Fiona, the original creator of the moongarden, live in close harmony with plants and have formulated a serum that's effective against the Old World's toxins. But weather-wielding adepts called Meteorons inflict violence on the Botans, whom they resent. Alternate chapters focus on Canter's life on Venus, where he and Lila befriend Eli, a younger, nonmagical mechanical prodigy. Canter's father also tries to reconcile with his son and thwart the insidious ambitions of Jake Melfin, who has a monopoly on food resources for the Settlements. Barry excels in demonstrating the parallels between and intersections of magic and technology and magic and skill. "If you love what you do and you're good at it, that's what counts," Myra observes, emphasizing that magic isn't the only route to accomplishment. This theme is demonstrated in the ways that the Botans work with plants to facilitate building, communication, and transportation, while Eli has an innate, hands-on understanding of electronics. A constant, intriguing underlying element threaded through this densely packed narrative is the exploration of the bridges that magic and technology provide for each other and the imaginative and practical possibilities they open.A strong, satisfying conclusion that will please series fans.(Science fiction. 9-14)
Cast into a dangerous new world and separated from her friends, Myra uncovers secrets and lies the Governing Council has been cultivating for centuries. The third book in the searing STEAM-inspired Plotting the Stars middle grade series perfect for fans of The City of Ember and Divergent.
Out of the ashes, change will grow.
Thrown on a ship on a one-way voyage to uninhabitable Earth, Myra, Hannah, and Bernard believe they’ll never see their home or the people they care about again. After crash landing, they’re attacked, sedated, and dragged away . . . by people? There are still people on Earth? Unbeknownst to just about everyone in the galaxy, the Old World is inhabited by Botans and many generations of their offspring. And that means maybe Canter’s mother and Hannah’s sister might be there, too.
Back on Venus, Canter and Lila have an insider spying on MFI’s operations and are biding their time, waiting for the right moment to expose Melfin's treachery before he risks more than just the Settlement food supply.
But there’s more at stake than revealing the continued existence of the Botans and freeing the Reps. Other long-buried Old World secrets. Secrets that were buried for a very good reason. . . .
Will Myra and her friends kindle and cultivate a new future from the ruins of the old, or have they ignited an inferno that will destroy all they hold dear?
The third book in the Plotting the Stars series, Ashgarden burns with determination, exploring the devastating possibilities of climate change and the power of the young voices fighting for something better.
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