The
Supernaturalist
by
Eoin Colfer
Imagine a
not-so-distant future where corporations own cities. You could live in Nike
Town, shop in Fruit Loopville, and party in Nintendo Park. But corporations
expect to make money. So each city has to find a way to earn a profit.
Satellite City has found a way make up the money they spend each day on housing
“the parentally challenged.” Orphans can test all the latest products before
real consumers buy them. So what if the products are dangerous? If a kid
without family dies before he is 15, who’s gonna miss him?
Cosmo Hill
is 14 and fed up. He knows if he’s going to survive he’s got to get away from
the Clarissa Frayne Institute for the Parentally Challenged. A freak accident
and a crazy marshal offer Cosmo a chance of escape, only to leave him near
death on a rooftop.
Does an
angel appear in Cosmo's final moments? No such luck: A strange blue parasite
just landed on his chest. The pain and energy are being sucked away. It's killing
him.
But wait,
who are those three kids? And why are they carrying weapons? Cosmo is about to
be saved by a renegade hunters called The Supernaturalists.
If you want
non-stop action, lots of laughs, believable characters, and a solid mystery,
check out Eoin Colfer’s science-fiction hit, The Supernaturalist.
Booktalk by
Sarah Evans, Sno-Isle Library System
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