They?re known as Firestarters. Boomers. Skychangers. The government calls them Illegals ? children with inexplicable abilities ? and detains them in menacing facilities so that society is kept out of harm?s way. Ashala Wolf and her Tribe of fellow Illegals have taken refuge in the Firstwood, a forest eerily conscious of its inhabitants, where they do their best to survive and where they are free to practice their abilities. But when Ashala is compelled to venture outside her territory, she is betrayed by a friend and captured by an enemy. Injured and vulnerable, with her own Sleepwalker ability blocked, Ashala is forced to succumb to a machine that will pull secrets from her mind.
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call number/section: 1000
subjects: fantasy, fiction, paranormal, psychic ability, future life, dystopias, science fiction
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Kwaymullina, Ambelin
They?re known as Firestarters. Boomers. Skychangers. The government calls them Illegals ? children with inexplicable abilities ? and detains them in menacing facilities so that society is kept out of harm?s way. Ashala Wolf and her Tribe of fellow Illegals have taken refuge in the Firstwood, a forest eerily conscious of its inhabitants, where they do their best to survive and where they are free to practice their abilities. But when Ashala is compelled to venture outside her territory, she is betrayed by a friend and captured by an enemy. Injured and vulnerable, with her own Sleepwalker ability blocked, Ashala is forced to succumb to a machine that will pull secrets from her mind.
Schools: 6
Kwaymullina, Ambelin
In a futuristic world, sixteen-year-old Ashala has been captured by those bent on destroying her tribe--the runaway illegals hiding in the Firstwood. Now injured and her Sleepwalker ability blocked, Ashala must face interrogation and try to protect the secrets about the illegals she carries in her mind.
Schools: 1