First Light
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Peter is thrilled to join his parents on an expedition to Greenland, where his father studies global warming. Peter will get to skip school, drive a dogsled, and--finally--share in his dad's adventures. But on the ice cap, Peter struggles to understand a series of visions that both frighten and entice him. Thea has never seen the sun. Her extraordinary people, suspected of witchcraft and nearly driven to extinction, have retreated to a secret world they've built deep inside the arctic ice. As Thea dreams of a path to Earth's surface, Peter's search for answers brings him ever closer to her hidden home. Rebecca Stead's fascinating debut novel is a dazzling tale of mystery, science and adventure at the top of the world.From the Hardcover edition.
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Hmm. I thought this was really uneven. It was split between two storylines, Thea's and Peter's. Thea lives in a mysterious underground world and Peter's parents are scientists. And the first 3/4 of Peter's storyline was pretty boring. Also I didn't really like either of the audiobook readers, but especially not Peter's. But there were some cool concepts here and I did get caught up in Thea's storyline. I might give 3 stars to the paper version but this audiobook is not great.
I'm officially a big Rebecca Stead fan. I LOVE [b:When You Reach Me 5310515 When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1386923343s/5310515.jpg 6608018] so much I taught it in a middle school book club, which of course made me love it even more. I saw First Light on CD in my library and checked it out instantly.The plotlines and settings in this book are fascinating to me, though Thea's plot read like a fairly generic dystopian story. It's obvious everything is going to come together in the end, though I didn't catch onto how until it was practically upon me. I didn't find it as satisfying as When You Reach Me but I still really enjoyed it.Recommended to young high schoolers who want to explore some not-too-technical science fiction.
