Anomalies
Authors: Sadie Turner & Colette Freedman
Genre: YA Sci-Fi
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Publisher: Select Books in NY
Summary:
In the future there is no disease. There is no war. There is no discontent. All citizens are complacent members of the Global Governance. But one summer is about to change everything.
Keeva Tee just turned fifteen. All of her dreams are about to come true. She s about to make the trip to Monarch Camp to be imprinted with her intended life partner. One day they ll have perfect kids and a perfect life. But in her happy, carefree life in the Ocean Community, something weighs on her mind. She hears whispers about anomalies citizens who can t be imprinted. No one knows what happens to them, but they never seem to come back.
When Keeva arrives at Monarch Camp, her worst nightmare becomes a reality she is an anomaly. After imprinting, the people she loves change, and she starts to doubt everything she s ever believed. What if freedom and individuality have been sacrificed for security? And what if the man who solves all the problems is the very man who s created them and what if he isn't a man at all?
When Keeva finds a warning carved under a bunk bed she begins to understand: nonconformity will be punished, dissent is not an option, insurgents will be destroyed.
Praise:
Turner and Freedman masterfully create a
futuristic world where lives are carefully planned out. Individuals are
paired at the age of five with their intended. Then at 15, they are
reunited, given careers, and sent out to an assigned community. On the
surface there appears to be no war, disease, or famine. Beneath the
carefree civility lie secrets that the ruling Global Governance will
kill to keep. Unknowingly caught up in a covert war, 15-year-old Keeva
goes to Monarch Camp expecting to be imprinted with her life partner.
When she arrives, she finds that her intended has died and Keeva is now
an anomaly: a citizen who has no partner. Without the imprinting process
to control her, Keeva more openly questions a society that she has
always found sophistic. Who took her baby sister all those years ago?
What does the Governance want with the anomalies? When will the
resistance strike, and how does she fit into the plan? As Keeva uncovers
answers, she has to discover who she truly is before more lives are
lost and nightmares become reality. A lively story with plenty of appeal
for reluctant readers, this work ends in an abrupt, unresolved
conclusion. There is no doubt that a sequel is on its way. VERDICT A
general purchase for libraries where Ally Condie’s “Matched” (Dutton) or
Veronica Roth’s “Divergent” series (HarperCollins) are popular. –Claire
Covington, Broadway High School, VA
“This book makes
spirituality exciting and vibrant. I predict it will be so successful
that we’ll all have to learn how to pronounce 'anomaly'
correctly."—Russell Brand, comedian, author, actor
"Anomalies leaves you thinking about human nature and what makes us who we are. Bravo."—Jason Segel, actor, author, producer
"[Anomalies
is] a fast-paced story which champions individuality and truth. Keeva
is a compelling heroine who is relatable and strong."—Pamela Anderson,
actor, author, producer, activist
"A compelling read
which confirms we must fight for what makes us each special and
unique."—Randy Jackson, music producer, American Idol host
"We
get to see this unusual futuristic world through Keeva's smart and
unapologetic eyes. A whirlwind adventure with deep meaning, [Anomalies
features] smart writing, engaging characters, and a plot which leaves
you hanging onto every word."—Max Beesley, actor, musician
SADIE TURNER is a Los Angeles-based producer and writer originally from Brighton, England, who works in business development with several Hollywood entrepreneurs. She has various projects in development, and also teaches yoga.
COLETTE FREEDMAN is an internationally produced playwright, screenwriter, and novelist who was recently named one of the Dramatist Guild’s “50 to Watch”. Her play Sister Cities (NYTE, 2009) was the hit of the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe and earned five star reviews: It has been produced around the country and internationally, including Paris (Une Ville, Une Soeur) and Rome (Le Quattro Sorelle). She has authored fifteen produced plays including Serial Killer Barbie (Brooklyn Publishers, 2004), First to the Egg (Grand prize shorts urban shorts festival), Bridesmaid # 3 (Louisville finalist 2008), and Ellipses… (Dezart Festival winner 2010), as well as a modern adaptation of Iphigenia in Aulis written in iambic pentameter. She was commissioned to write a modern adaptation of Uncle Vanya which is in preproduction and has co-written, with International bestselling novelist Jackie Collins, the play Jackie Collins Hollywood Lies, which is gearing up for National Tour. In collaboration with The New York Times best selling author Michael Scott, she has just sold the thriller The Thirteen Hallows, to Tor/Macmillan, which comes out Dec 6, 2011. She has just sold the novel The Affair to Kensington and is getting ready to shop her YA series The A+ Girls.
