The Angel Factory
by Terence Blacker
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Spurred on by his best friend, twelve-year-old Thomas uncovers two major family secrets: that he was adopted, and that his perfect-seeming family is part of an other-worldly organization.Tags
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(MS Science Fiction) This book has a wonderful sinister quality to it. At many points, Thomas is in real jeopardy and the any salvation seems very remote. At the same time, it presents a thought-provoking look at the value of free will. Is it worth giving up free will to have world peace and harmony? This book says no. The ending, however, is disappointing. For most of the book the aliens seem pretty ruthless. Their willingness to give up and let the Wisdom family live happily ever after is hard to believe.
I came across this book by accident and initially was going to put it straight on my BM inventory. However i started reading and was completely caught in the story. It is a YA science fiction book, not usually my type, but i fell in love with the characters and the storyline.
this was an odd but interesting slant on this type of story.
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- People/Characters
- Gip; Gary Sanchez; Karen; Thomas Wisdom; Michael; Dougie (show all 16); Cy; Amy Wisdom; Luke; Maria; Manny; President Foxx; Daisy Dover; Mr Rendall; Mrs Rendall; Hazel Webb
- Important places
- The Angel Factory; Cromer, Norfolk, England, UK; Cromer Pier, Cromer, Norfolk, England, UK; London, England, UK
- Dedication
- To Caroline Sheldon
- First words
- I can see us now, that morning, the sun shining through the kitchen window, lighting up our little family group at the breakfast table.
- Quotations
- I closed my eyes for a moment. I knew then that I hated the Project. The last doubt in my mind as to what I had to do disappeared.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)For they are all around us, the humans who were once angels.
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.44)
- Languages
- English, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 11
- ASINs
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