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| Author | Kat Falls |
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| Language | American English |
| Genre | Science fiction, post-apocalypse, adventure fiction |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
| Publication date | May 1, 2010 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 0545178150 |
| Followed by | Rip Tide |
Dark Life is the first book in a futuristic adventure fiction and science fiction series of the same name by Kat Falls. The novel was published May 1, 2010 by Scholastic. Falls has written a sequel: Rip Tide. Scholastic has published a study guide for the books.
Publishing rights outside the USA were sold in six languages.
Plot summary
The world has been plunged underwater leaving very little land left above water. A teenage boy, Ty, has spent his entire life underwater helping his family farm their sea homestead. Ty meets a teenage girl, Gemma, from the land, who is looking for her brother. A group of sea bandits known as the "Seablite Gang" attacks Ty's homestead and he and Gemma try to capture the bandits. However, a member of the gang, Shade, turns out to be Gemma's brother. It also turns out that Shade, like Ty, has a "dark gift" that allows him to change his appearance, however Ty's dark gift is that he is able to use echo-location similar to a bat.
Awards
Dark Life was nominated for the following awards.
- Sunshine State Young Reader Award (2011)
- Children's Book Award (2011)
- Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (2011)
- Maud Hart Lovelace Award (2011)
- Truman Reader's Award (2011)
- Golden Sower Award (2011)
- Buckeye Children's Book Award (2011)
- Junior Book Award (2011)
- Beehive Book Award (2011)
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (2011)
Film adaptation
On April 5, 2010, Robert Zemeckis was set to direct the film adaptation for Disney and will co-produce with Gotham Group through ImageMovers.
References
- "Dark Life". Publishers Weekly.
- "DARK LIFE". Kirkus Reviews. Aug. 1st, 2011
- "Review: Dark Life". The Bookette.
- "Dark Life". Story Snoops.
- "RIP TIDE". Kirkus Reviews
- "Gotham Group options ‘Dark Life’. Variety, Tatiana Siegel January 25, 2010
- "Interview: June 2010". KidsReads,
- "Feed the Hunger". Orion Magazine, By David Sobel, 2012
- "Dark Life". Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews. Marya Jansen-Gruber
- "Book Review: Dark Life by Kat Falls". Amazing Stories, Sam McDonald, February 2, 2016
- "Palos 118 students explore "Dark Life" with author Kat Falls". Palos Patch, February 7, 2013
- "2012 6-8 Nominations" Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine. Buckeye Book Award.
- Graser, Marc (April 5, 2010). "Disney, Zemeckis enter 'Dark Life'". Variety.
External links
- Falls, Kat. "Books by Kat Falls". WordPress. Retrieved 31 March 2014.