May 05, 2019IndyPL_SteveB rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a very good SF novel aimed at age 11-15 and is the first of a series. The rising ocean years from now has crumbled the East Coast cities of the United States, reducing the survivors to overcrowding and poverty. But a growing…
May 05, 2019IndyPL_SteveB rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a very good SF novel aimed at age 11-15 and is the first of a series. The rising ocean years from now has crumbled the East Coast cities of the United States, reducing the survivors to overcrowding and poverty. But a growing…
Imagine that the seas rose and covered most of the land on Earth and a few of the brave chose to settle in underwater farms and you have the setting for Dark Life by Kat Falls. Ty was the first baby born in an underwater community, so he…
Jan 23, 2015LibrLdyMapleValley rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Earthquakes and rising oceans have devastated the dry land and forced people to live either in overcrowded stack cities or in the wide open ocean depths. Ty has spent his whole life on the ocean floor and never plans to leave the deep…
Sep 08, 2014BBurnett rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
great dystopian YA novel. Love the premise of going into the ocean to live, farm, harvest, and how this affects human growth.
Ty is the protagonist in this story, and he has developed a special talent; he rescues a "Topsider" girl, he…
Sep 15, 2013ZoeAnaWorrell rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I personally loved this book. It wasn't too intense, there were no inappropriate scenes and there were just enough action scenes. I asked some people in my class about this book and they all said it was either OK or Amazing.
Aug 07, 2013artemishi rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I started this book with the expectation of mediocracy, having never heard of the author and only knowing it was a young adult novel. I was pleasantly surprised to discover this book is more well-rounded than I anticipated. It's a unique…
Ty has always lived with his family on their ocean floor farm deep beneath the waves. He has always felt safe and happy in the undersea world – until now.
A gang of dangerous convicts, escaped from the Seablite Maximum Security Prison,…
Jun 11, 2012KileyP rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Technically a dystopia, the United States has lost 20% of its land mass, forcing the populations into cramped quarters - and to escape this, some settlers have moved to the bottom of the ocean! Ty, the first child ever born under the sea,…
Mar 16, 2012BoxOfAwesomeInAJar rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was the best book I have EVER read! an amazingly well thought out plot,a heaping amount
of suspense,a few dashes of action,and a sprinkel of romance.
LOVE IT!
Jun 24, 2011ychi rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Ty is the kind of boy character who's recently gone out of style (in my opinion): he's loyal, hardworking, proud and completely unaware of his good looks. YA literature has (or at least I have) had enough of cocky, self-confident and suave…
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May 01, 2011LocketLibrarian rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
great sci fi--under water colonies and pirates--with a little supernatural and a love story thrown in for good measure.
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Dark Life