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Gr 6-9 It will take readers more than a few beats to find their bearings in this relentlessly inventive fantasy, but once they figure out the Lost (people who can send their senses out into the world and sometimes get lost from their bodies), the social relations among the colonized and colonizers of Gullstruck Island, and the physical world they inhabit, the story is gripping. Haithin is the nearly invisible viewpoint character, one of those people that you hardly realize is there, and the indispensable guide and interpreter of her sister, A...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Hathin is a conscientious caretaker of her sister Arilou, one of the Lost—those whose senses are "loosely tethered" to their bodies, who can observe and report on what's happening anywhere on Gullstruck Island. Arilou's reputation as Lost is essential to Hathin's native Lace village, which has no other means of support now that commerce and colonizers have depleted its fish. But Hathin doubts Arilou's abilities—is she Lost, or just mentally ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Hathin is a conscientious caretaker of her sister Arilou, one of the Lost--those whose senses are "loosely tethered" to their bodie...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The initial conflict is well conceived. The world is fresh, original, and fully realized. The sisters’ interacti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More