The Outliers

Submitted by LT_Sargent on Sat, 10/08/2016 - 16:04
TitleThe Outliers
Year for Search2016
AuthorsMcCreight, Kimberly
Date Published2016
PublisherHarper
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

First volume of a young adult dystopian trilogy in which to avoid war rulers must give one of their children as a hostage. If the ruler goes to war, the child is killed. The novel focuses on two such hostages, a boy and a girl, from different countries. The Scattering: The Second Book in the Outliers Trilogy. New York: Harper, 2017, focusing on the girl, is a typical middle volume in that the situation gets worse. In The Collide: The Final Book in the Outliers Trilogy. New York: Harper, 2018, which still focuses on the girl, she struggles, successfully to find out why the “Outliers” are targeted and who is doing trying to kill them.
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Author Note

Female author.
Full Text

2016 McCreight, Kimberly. The Outliers. Prisoners of Peace at the head of title. New York: Harper. Public

First volume of a young adult dystopian trilogy in which to avoid war rulers must give one of their children as a hostage. If the ruler goes to war, the child is killed. The novel focuses on two such hostages, a boy and a girl, from different countries. The Scattering: The Second Book in the Outliers Trilogy. New York: Harper, 2017, focusing on the girl, is a typical middle volume in that the situation gets worse. In The Collide: The Final Book in the Outliers Trilogy. New York: Harper, 2018, which still focuses on the girl, she struggles, successfully to find out why the “Outliers” are targeted and who is doing trying to kill them. Female author.