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The Silver Ship and the Sea is a young-adult science-fiction novel by Brenda Cooper, published in 2007. In 2008, it won the Endeavour Award, [1] and was also one of Booklist's Adult Books for Young Adults Winners. [2] The Silver Ship and the Sea is the first book in a series. The other two books are Reading the Wind [3] [4] and Wings of ...
An illustration from a 1902 printing of Moby-Dick, one of the renowned American sea novels. Nautical fiction, frequently also naval fiction, sea fiction, naval adventure fiction or maritime fiction, is a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highlights nautical culture in these environments.
Definition Example Setting: The setting is both the time and geographic location within a narrative or within a work of fiction. The setting initiates the main backdrop and mood of a story, often referred to as the story world. The novel Ulysses by James Joyce is set in Dublin, Ireland, over the course of a
Incarceron (2007) is a young-adult fantasy and science fiction novel written by Catherine Fisher that was first released on May 3, 2007. [1] Published by Hodder Children's Books, it is the first in a line of novels centered on Finn and Claudia, two adolescents individually confined by the Warden of Incarceron. [2]
Heinlein juveniles. The Heinlein juveniles are the science-fiction novels written by Robert A. Heinlein for Scribner's young-adult line. Each features "a young male protagonist entering the adult world of conflict, decisions, and responsibilities." [1] Together, they tell a loosely connected story of space exploration.
0-664-32470-3. OCLC. 70517. LC Class. PZ7.K51 In. The Incredible Tide is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel for young adults written by Alexander Key, published in 1970. It was the source material for the 1978 Japanese anime television series Future Boy Conan, directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
The Giver. The Giver is a 1993 American young adult dystopian novel written by Lois Lowry, set in a society which at first appears to be utopian but is revealed to be dystopian as the story progresses. In the novel, the society has taken away pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their ...
Eva (novel) Eva. (novel) Eva is a science fiction novel for young adults by Peter Dickinson, published by Gollancz in 1988. Set in a dystopian future, it features "the hybrid that results when the brain-patterns and memory of a dying girl are transferred into the brain of a chimpanzee." Dickinson researched chimp behavior for the book and he ...