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On a Clear Day
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  • Published: 13 October 2015
  • ISBN: 9780385387569
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $39.99

On a Clear Day

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New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers meets Orwell in an edgy coming-of-age novel set in 2035 as teens, armed only with their ideals, must wage war on the power elite.

"Visionary. This book should be in every reader's hands." –JACQUELINE WOODSON, National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming

Young heroes decide that they are not too young or too powerless to change their world in this gripping, futuristic young adult novel by the New York Times bestselling author of the Printz Award–winning Monster.
 
It is 2035. Teens, armed only with their ideals, must wage war on the power elite.
 
Dahlia is a Low Gater: a sheep in a storm, struggling to survive completely on her own. The Gaters live in closed safe communities, protected from the Sturmers, mercenary thugs. And the C-8, a consortium of giant companies, control global access to finance, media, food, water, and energy resources—and they are only getting bigger and even more cutthroat. Dahlia, a computer whiz, joins forces with an ex-rocker, an ex-con, a chess prodigy, an ex-athlete, and a soldier wannabe. Their goal: to sabotage the C-8. But how will Sayeed, warlord and terrorist, fit into the equation?
 
AWARDS FOR WALTER DEAN MYERS:
New York Times Bestselling Author
3-Time National Book Award Finalist
Michael L. Printz Award
5 Coretta Scott King Awards
2 Newbery Honors
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature (2012-2013)
Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement
Children’s Literature Legacy Award

Praise for ON A CLEAR DAY:

“Walter Dean Myers was such a visionary. On a Clear Day is at once historical and futuristic, thoughtful and thought-provoking. It should be in every reader's hands. It's a book for anyone who has ever given thought to our own future and the futures of those coming behind us. Stunning.” –JACQUELINE WOODSON, National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming

*"A clarion call from a beloved, much-missed master." –Kirkus Reviews, Starred 

"In his last book, Myers has turned his thoughtful attention to matters of pressing global importance and issued an implicit challenge to his teen readers to become involved and make a difference. It makes for a stirring valedictory." –Booklist 

"Published posthumously, this is an angry story, demonstrating again Myers's acute social conscience." –Horn Book 

"Worth serious YA consideration." –The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
  • Published: 13 October 2015
  • ISBN: 9780385387569
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $39.99
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About the author

Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014) was one of the premier authors of children’s books. Among his many honors are two Newbery Honor Books, Scorpions and Somewhere in the Darkness. He is also a two-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award for Now Is Your Time! and Fallen Angels. In addition, Myers has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for his contribution to young adult literature. Myers was also named the 2012 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. 
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Praise for On a Clear Day

Praise for ON A CLEAR DAY

  • "A clarion call from a beloved, much-missed master." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred
  • "In his last book, Myers has turned his thoughtful attention to matters of pressing global importance and issued an implicit challenge to his teen readers to become involved and make a difference. It makes for a stirring valedictory." -Booklist
  • "Published posthumously, this is an angry story, demonstrating again Myers's acute social conscience." -Horn Book
  • "Worth serious YA consideration." -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

    • Praise for Award-Winning Author Walter Dean Myers:
  • "He expanded the face of publishing so that many children of color saw themselves reflected in his work." -NPR
  • "Walter helped me believe that what I was doing was so necessary in the world." -National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson
  • "It's hard to imagine YA literature without [Walter Dean Myers]." -John Green