Lifespan of Starlight 1
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- ISBN:
- 9781742978710
- 9781742978710
- Category:
- General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
- Age range:
- 12 to 15 years old
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-04-2015
- Publisher:
- Hardie Grant Egmont
- Edition:
- 1st Edition
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions (mm):
- 210x135x22mm
- Weight:
- 0.3kg
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1 Review
Scout is an illegal living in Melbourne in 2084. She has no ID chip implanted to make her a citizen, but she and her mum get by on one set of rations and Scout’s hacking abilities to get by. Everything changes when Scout witnesses something amazing in Footscray Park – a woman suddenly appears in front of her eyes.
I love a time travel story and this one brings an interesting twist – you can only skip forwards in time, never back. With Scout’s status as an illegal resident, this story combines the near-future time travel aspect with the story of Scout trying to fit into a new part of society, while keeping her true identity a secret.
Scout’s world is a complex one. The story is set in the near future Australia may well have, with resources and the population tightly controlled. I loved the recognisable parts of Melbourne! I also enjoyed the ideas around the time travel – that you merely have to meditate and find the calm within yourself to skip forwards in time. Scout herself is smart, resourceful and caring for a fourteen year old, but I found the hacking parts to be a little far fetched – could a young girl really hack into the government’s computer systems undetected? Surely if her ninety-year-old neighbour can hack into her records, the government experts are going to know what she’s up to. Anyway.
Lifespan of Starlight is a refreshing addition to the Aussie YA scene. Unfortunately, setting up the future world takes some building, and it does slow down the first half of this book. Things are still quite tense, but it’s not until fairly late in the story when the pace really picks up and the big consequences become apparent. There’s a major cliff hanger at the end – I’m looking forward to seeing how that one ends up!
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