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The journey of three children who were taken from their safe environment and are trying to get home.
Zimbabwe
Year 2194
Along the way, they encounter "the evils of the past, the technology of the future, and criminals with plans far beyond what anyone can imagine."
A coming of age that happens through a journey.
Inner desires:
Their desire: Acceptance
"The villagers gasped in horror. They pounced on the children and stretched them out on the ground. Someone handed Garikayi a club. Oh, Mwari, he's going to kill us, thought Tendai. Garikayi stood over them a long, long moment. Tendai gritted his teeth as he waited for the first blow. But the old man's face suddenly contorted with anguish. He threw the club away and tottered back to his stool. His face was etched with deep lines, and he seemed to have aged ten years."
The majority of this book consists of dialogue.
Any narrative or descriptive paragraphs are short enough so that readers won't lose interest quickly.
In addition, you see into the thoughts of Arm and Tendai quite frequently, which gives a dialogue-type effect.
"H-have you got any news?" said Mother.
"It's just that . . ." Mother paused, unable to go on. "It's almost Tendai's birthday. He would have been fourteen. Will be fourteen, I mean. I always took him to the Starlight room . . . to ride the elevator . . . and have dinner . . ."
"Guess what we're having for dinner," Rita said brightly as they washed their hands at a sprinkler.
"Don't start," said Tendai.
"Yummy canned peas. Lovely boiled squash and cream crackers with -- are you ready? -- fish paste a la margarine. The best kind, with the little bones inside."
"They are welcome," said Chipo, clapping her hands in greeting. "Do you suppose, Myanda, that our guests would enjoy a refreshing bath?"
Children
Ages 10-early teens
For both girls and boys
Outer Goal: To go on an adventure -- his Scout trip
Outer Desire:
To go on a Scout trip