Blood Red Road, 1

Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That's fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around. But when a monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba's world is shattered. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest to get him back.

Suddenly thrown into the lawless, ugly reality of the world outside of desolate Silverlake, Saba is lost without Lugh to guide her. So perhaps the most surprising thing of all is what Saba learns about herself: she's a fierce fighter, an unbeatable survivor, and a cunning opponent. And she has the power to take down a corrupt society from the inside. Teamed up with a handsome daredevil named Jack and a gang of girl revolutionaries called the Free Hawks, Saba stages a showdown that will change the course of her own civilization.

Blood Red Road has a searing pace, a poetically minimal writing style, violent action, and an epic love story. Moira Young is one of the most promising and startling new voices in teen fiction.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 06/07/2011
ISBN: 9781442429987
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.84w x 1.42d
Award: Cybils - Winner
Award: Costa Book Awards - Winner
Award: Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended
Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/11/2011
Booklist 05/01/2011 pg. 82
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2011
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2011
New York Times Book Review 06/05/2011 pg. 27
School Library Journal 09/01/2011 pg. 179
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 pg. 403 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Shelf Awareness 06/17/2011

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 144596 / Blood Red Road
Reading Level: 2.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 12