Atlantia
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Rio n'a qu'un rêve: quitter la cité sous-marine pour rejoindre sa sœur jumelle à la surface de la terre. Pourtant, elle est peut-être la seule à pouvoir sauver Atlantia des dangers qui la menacent. Guidée par son amour naissant, saura-t-elle écouter les voix du passé et révéler les vérités enfouies ?
L'extraordinaire destinée d'une jeune femme courageuse dans un monde aquatique fascinant. Par l'auteur de la trilogie best-seller "Promise".
"L'envie d'écrire ce roman m'est venue après avoir relu "La petite sirène" — pas la version Disney, celle beaucoup plus sombre de Hans Christian Andersen. Je suis repartie de l'idée d'un monde sous-marin, mais avec l'envie d'approfondir les relations entre sœurs." Ally Condie.
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Rio Conwy has lived her whole life in Atlantia, a city built underwater to preserve the human race after the atmosphere became filled with toxic pollution. Rio had always planned to go Above and join the workers who support and feed the Atlantians, but she promised her twin sister, Bay, she would stay after their mother died. When Bay betrays their agreement and abandons her, Rio plots, plans, and trains to make her own escape. As a further complication, Rio is secretly a siren, with a voice that compels obedience; if she's found out, she'll be forced to serve the Atlantian Council and never find out why Bay left. Condie (the Matched trilogy) pulls together many interesting ideas that don't hold up to close examination. While the author's fans will enjoy the immersive prose and gentle romance, newcomers may be impatient with the unsympathetic characters and lack of action. Overall, this standalone story is like a problematic trilogy in one book a catchy opening leading to a slow journey and an unexpected finale that brings in bewildering new elements and works hard to wrap everything up. Ages 12 up.
