On a Clear Day

ISBN: 0385387563

Author: Myers, Walter Dean

Condition: New

"Visionary. This book should be in every reader's hands." -JACQUELINE WOODSON, National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl DreamingYoung heroes decide that they are not too young or too powerless to change their world in this gripping, futuristic young adult novel by the New York Times bestselling author of the Printz Award-winning Monster.It is 2035. Teens, armed only with their ideals, must wage war on the power elite.Dahlia is a Low Gater: a sheep in a storm, struggling to survive completely on her own. The Gaters live in closed safe communities, protected from the Sturmers, mercenary thugs. And the C-8, a consortium of giant companies, control global access to finance, media, food, water, and energy resources-and they are only getting bigger and even more cutthroat. Dahlia, a computer whiz, joins forces with an ex-rocker, an ex-con, a chess prodigy, an ex-athlete, and a soldier wannabe. Their goal: to sabotage the C-8. But how will Sayeed, warlord and terrorist, fit into the equation?AWARDS FOR WALTER DEAN MYERS:New York Times Bestselling Author3-Time National Book Award FinalistMichael L. Printz Award5 Coretta Scott King Awards2 Newbery HonorsNational Ambassador for Young Peoples Literature (2012-2013)Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime AchievementChildrens Literature Legacy AwardPraise for ON A CLEAR DAY:Walter Dean Myers was such a visionary. On a Clear Day is at once historical and futuristic, thoughtful and thought-provoking. It should be in every reader's hands. It's a book for anyone who has ever given thought to our own future and the futures of those coming behind us. Stunning. -JACQUELINE WOODSON, National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming*"A clarion call from a beloved, much-missed master." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred"In his last book, Myers has turned his thoughtful attention to matters of pressing global importance and issued an implicit challenge to his teen readers to become involved and make a difference. It makes for a stirring valedictory." -Booklist"Published posthumously, this is an angry story, demonstrating again Myers's acute social conscience." -Horn Book"Worth serious YA consideration." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books