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Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates ReviewThis is the first of four books about four girls living in the near future, a time when the US is locked in an endless war with the shadowy Alliance. Each book is told from the POV of a different girl, this one through the eyes of Louisa, a well-to-do thirteen year old who can't imagine what life was like as her parents tell it -- when people drove their own cars and actually visited other states, when people had privacy and no one wore identity bracelets from the moment they were born. Louisa's world is much different, where even the moderately well off live lives of deprivation and uncertainty as the War drags on and kids are shipped off to schools far away from home, with no one told where they are, just "to keep them safe". Safety concerns are used to cover a multitude of governmental sins in this dystopia, though we don't get much specific information about the situation. Perhaps this will lend itself to a timeless quality as the book ages?And now it's time for Louisa to go off to school. She's both scared and excited at this chance to get away from her protective parents. And bonus, they've managed to trick the ID bracelet of her best friend Maddie, whose parents are both off fighting, so the girls can go to school together, pretending to be twins. When they arrive at the Country Manor School, Louisa loves it. She's making new friends and finding herself successful at a a variety of survival skills like archery, riflery and orienteering. Maddie, however, resents the school's premise that these elite (ie, wealthy) kids are the future leaders of the country, and she hangs out with the school's misfits, including one girl who's convinced that something sinister is going on. And maybe she's not far off base ....
This book has girl protagonists but should appeal to all, with its sinister mystery and mix of action sequences and emotional dialogue. (SPOILER ALERT: By the end of the book the two "sisters" and two others have run away from the school, so we can expect the action element to pick up, I'd expect.)
Age range? Maybe middle school through young adult (and the literary young-at-heart). The characters have some depth but I would like to see more, as well as a few details about the War and the world these girls inhabit. After reading something like Ready Player One, it's hard to settle for Nancy Drew characters in a Huxtable world. Not that that's what this is. But this *is* a dystopia, so let's see some! Also, it's nice to see some discussion of privacy and public policy skirted in a book for those kids who are ready for some thought provoking material.
I really like the idea of the shifting narrative, and I look forward to reading the next three in the series, which seem to be coming out in quick succession.Tomorrow Girls: Behind the Gates Overview
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