**"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?**Walter Dean Myers** was a prolific author for young people, writing over one hundred books and receiving every major award in the field of children's literature during his lifetime. He was the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature during 2012 and 2013.** 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****From the Hardcover edition.*words : 57270

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Walter Dean Myers

Ember, an imprint of Random House Children's Books

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers

Random House, Incorporated

Delacorte Press

United States, United States of America

First edition, New York, 2014

New York, 2015],c2014

PT, 2014

**"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?
**Walter Dean Myers** was a prolific author for young people, writing over one hundred books and receiving every major award in the field of children's literature during his lifetime. He was the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature during 2012 and 2013.
** 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***
*From the Hardcover edition.*
Science Fiction,Young Adult

'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

"Ex-rocker Michael gathers together an ex-con, a chess prodigy, an ex-athlete, a do-gooder, a soldier wannabe, and a computer whiz Dahlia. Enter Sayeed, terrorist"--P. [4] of cover. Contains Q&A with Walter Dean Myers and excerpts from Hoops and 145th Street

In 2035, Dahlia Grillo, a sixteen-year-old math whiz, joins with six other American teens traveling to England to meet with groups from around the world in hopes of stopping C8, the companies that control nearly everything for their own benefit

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