![]() ![]() ![]() And the importance of always reading the small print, and trusting people you love. The Christian analogy gets a bit mad if you over analyse it - if I ran into a group of people who symbolically killed someone to reenact Christ's sacrifice every 50 years I'd decide they were a crazy cult, and not very nice with it, but in here this is what the good guys have to do to keep the devil bound - but it does powerfully communicate ideas of love and sacrifice. The fine balancing act between children's and YA continues - they read like they are aimed at (older) children, but then there is the delightful bit where Nita and Kit are sneaking out to save the world and their parents think they're bunking off to have sex, which was very well done, and much more YA. And I found myself tearing up when Carl discusses Nita's options with her so frankly and honestly. It is quite nice to get a YA book where kids actually tell their parents what is going on. And the themes are powerful and moving - Nita's wrestling with telling the truth, and keeping her word, and being a willing sacrifice, not shirking responsibilities. The story is more unusual - although 'christian allegory where polluting the world is bad and sacrifice is good' is not the most novel plot ever, the underwater world of whales and sharks and dolphins is very well done. I enjoyed this much more than So You Want To Be A Wizard. ![]()
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