Rebels
The world is on fire. From the ashes like a phoenix rises a new America, one that will save it all. Under one condition; absolute and complete surrender. The world complies without question. Those who don’t are
destroyed. It is in this world, John is born. His very name is treason. If the New America, now known to everyone as the State, knew what John was, they’d kill him, but instead they give him a gift.
John has a lot of potential (especially for someone so young) in that he sees the flaws in this society. He wants to be like George Washington and knows a lot about the manner in which a government should be run... Highly recommended. ~Amazon Review
My Thoughts:
John Hancock Bates is 15 years old. His world is nothing like the world as we know it like today. From the outside, John and his family appear to be complying with with all that the State tells them to do, and it tells them what and when to do everything. Unbeknownst to the State however, John and his family still read a Bible they keep hidden in a secret compartment in their home, they pray from their hearts instead of the prescribed written prayers written by the State and John’s father has taught him the history of the United States before the world fell apart after the Great Fires. If the State knew these things about John and his family, they would be condemned to death.
John Hancock Bates is 15 years old. His world is nothing like the world as we know it like today. From the outside, John and his family appear to be complying with with all that the State tells them to do, and it tells them what and when to do everything. Unbeknownst to the State however, John and his family still read a Bible they keep hidden in a secret compartment in their home, they pray from their hearts instead of the prescribed written prayers written by the State and John’s father has taught him the history of the United States before the world fell apart after the Great Fires. If the State knew these things about John and his family, they would be condemned to death.
John is part of the Young
Army, and as such receives extra privileges such as extra food and clothing,
copies of the missing pages in the textbooks. Life in this State is difficult
and non-compliance results in swift punishment, often resulting in death.
The state of the world
that John lives in and the poverty that surrounds him reminds me of the
economic and social situation of Communist countries today.
I liked John and his
family, because they stood up for what they believed. While the characters of
his parents were not very developed, it was easy to see the influence they had
on John character. I think that the belief that John’s father has about knowing
where you came from will help you shape your future is an accurate one. I liked
John’s belief system because he chose to care about others, and not just
himself and his family.
There is a little bit of a
sense that this could be where the world is heading as it all started with a
world-wide economic disaster with governments going bankrupt. Right now it
seems that our world governments are beginning to head down that road. This
book is not the future we want to be living in.
I enjoyed this book quite
a bit and look forward to reading further about what happens to John. I am
curious as to why the State has given him the augmented heart. I also suspect
that there was really nothing wrong with the heart that he had. Perhaps we will
find out in Book 2.
I did note that there were
quite a number of proofreading and grammatical errors in the text, but I am
also aware that one of the authors is plagued with dyslexia, and so I commend
the author for pursuing a career where this disability has such an immense
impact.
I gave this book a rating
of four stars. I would highly recommend this
book.
I received a free copy of
this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. I was not required to
provide a positive opinion. All thoughts are my own.
About the AuthorsScott Powell was born in Burlington, Vermont, to a father who was a police officer and a mother who emigrated from South Korea. He received a degree in marketing from the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, and a master's degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Scott served a two-year Spanish-speaking mission for his church. He is a mixed martial artist who continues to train with his father, a second-degree black belt in Tae kwon do and a kick boxer. Besides being married to Scott for over seventeen years, Judith Powell is a stay-at-home mom whose whole life has been full of stories. Being raised by an Irish storytelling father and a Native American mother, stories have filled her life and her head until they finally had no choice but to flow out through her fingertips.
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