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August 30, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Book Review: The 100 (The Hundred Book #1) by Kass Morgan

August 30, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS   4 comments

In the future, the Earth has been annihilated and humans live in space cities orbiting the radiated Earth.  100 hundred teen convicts are sent to Earth to determine if the planet is now inhabitable.  The future of the human race depends on it.

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This book is coming out in September and it is already being developed into a series for the CW.  This was an entertaining read.  Not great quality literature, nothing incredibly new, but it should be a hit with teen readers.  I read it in a couple of hours and was completely satisfied when it was over.  With Ender’s Game coming to the big screen soon and the show coming to the CW, I imagine this will be mega popular.  Plus, it was nice to have some legitimate science fiction.  Pair it with Across the Universe with Beth Revis and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott card and you have an interesting look at life in space.  Also, it would make an interesting pairing with the short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, one of my very favorites and if you haven’t read it you should.

My only quibble, it goes from being an awesome space adventure to another dystopian once the teens are on Earth, but there is still stuff happening up in space and I am sure in future books they will keep going back there for the politics, etc. This is book 1 in a new series. A solid 3 stars because it is an entertaining read and should be popular.  Coming in September from Little, Brown.  ISBN: 9780316234474.

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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  1. Crystal Leach says

    August 30, 2013 at 1:16 pm

    This sounds interesting! I haven't noticed it on CWs line up. :/ does it start this fall?

  2. Anonymous says

    September 13, 2013 at 2:37 pm

    It starts in January along with Star-Crossed
    Its line up is similar to Cult and The Carrie Diaries from last year.

  3. Gary says

    April 25, 2014 at 3:36 pm

    This story has some of the worst science I've seen in SciFi this century…apparently, the author believes in throwing away the 60 to 70 LBS of pure oxygen present in every human body…

  4. Gary says

    April 25, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    This story has some of the worst science I've seen in SciFi this century…apparently, the author believes in throwing away the 60 to 70 LBS of pure oxygen present in every human body…

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