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    Outwalkers

    By Fiona Shaw

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    The border's closed . . .

    No one can get into Scotland, just like no one can cross the channel . . .

    England is under the control of an authoritarian regime. Chips implanted in citizens' skin at birth mean anyone can be tracked, anywhere. But Jake, who breaks out of the Academy dorm he's been housed in, has decided to escape. To go off-grid. To join a small group of independent spirits determined to keep away from the government's prying eyes. The Outwalkers. Only with them will Jake have a chance to reach Scotland - and safety.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Fickling Books
    Release dateFeb 1, 2018
    ISBN9781788450027
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    Fiona Shaw

    Fiona Shaw is the author of three previous novels:The Sweetest Thing, The Picture She Took and Tell it to the Bees. She has also written a memoir, Out Of Me. She lives in York.

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    • 4/5
      This dystopian setting of this YA novel may be a tongue in cheek jab at the current US President’s “wall obsession,” only I doubt he’s organized enough to have evil scientists in on any kind of nefarious plot, so no worries there. In this world, England is cut off from the rest of Europe for their own safety. There is a virus, and everyone from anywhere else is deported.

      Jacob lives at an orphanage after his scientist parents die in a tragic car wreck, until the day he escapes and eventually meets up with a gang who call themselves The Out-Walkers. They plan on walking out of England evading the authorities by staying out of doors and off the electronic monitoring grid.

      The story was much longer than it had to be, but I didn’t mind because I was so invested in all the characters and their fate. Jake and his dog are the stars, but the entire cast of characters will tug at your heart.

      It isn’t hard to imagine a scenario like this playing out somewhere in the world today at all.

      Highly recommend!
      Thanks to the KidLitExchange for the review copy
    • 3/5
      I got a copy of this book to review through the Amazon Vine program. This is a post-apocalyptic read with a middle grade boy as the lead, it’s set in England. I read the first 75 pages of this and then set it aside. I just could not get into the story and found the strange punctuation annoying. When people are talking it's designated by a -, rather than quotations. It makes it really hard to tell who is saying what. This just wasn't for me.The story is intense and action-packed but I found the punctuation really distracting. I also could not really engage with the story and the characters. There were a lot of characters introduced very rapidly and the punctuation prevented you from being able to follow who was saying what, so it was hard to engage with them.Overall while this wasn’t awful, it wasn’t great either. It is an intense action-packed story of survival right from the get-go. However, the strange writing style was frustrating for me and I just couldn’t stay focused on the story.