David J. Wighton

I Got'cha! (Wilizy, #1) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The villain in this book is Zzyk, a dictator who forces Albertans to wear metal bands around their heads. These 'brain bands' send an electric shock to anybody who is breaking a rule. These zaps teach Albertans to do whatever Zzyk wants them to do.

One of our heroes is a 15-year-old boy named Will. Out of curiosity, Will removes his brain band. Within a day, the Albertan army is hunting for him. You may wonder why they're doing that. The answer is that Will is a genius inventor. Zzyk will use him to invent devices that will reveal where the dissidents are hiding.

A second hero is 15-year-old Izzy. She says that she's in Zzyk's army, but if so, why does she help Will escape? Why also does she pretend to like him? Later, she tries to poison him. After that, the two of them go their separate ways.

In the climax of the story, Izzy's mother is forcing her to marry her cousin. It won't be a long marriage because he is planning to sell her to Zzyk. Izzy knows that her cousin is a traitor. If she can't prove that, she'll poison herself. Meanwhile, Will is sensing that Izzy is in trouble, but he doesn't know where she is.

I Got'cha is a love story. Will has no family. The people he lived with before are trying to kill him. Izzy's mom hates her, as do all the dissidents. She's facing a loveless marriage that is not going to end well for her. Both are attracted to each other. Can these two outcasts find love together? You'll have to read the novel to find out.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: David J. Wighton
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781311568953
• Artikelnr.: 48633511

Autorenporträt

David Wighton is a retired educator who enjoys writing youth novels when he's not on a basketball court coaching middle-school girls. The books in his Wilizy series peek at how people lived after the word's governments collapsed in the chaos that followed the catastrophic rise in ocean levels and the disappearance of the world's last deposits of oil. Luckily today, in the 2080s, the citizens of Alberta are safe because their It's Only Fair society uses brain-bands to zap people whenever they break a rule. That way, all children grow up knowing the difference between right and wrong. Unfortunately, they're also taught that women's ankles need to be covered so that men can't see them and turn into perverts. Plus, no-one in Alberta can have babies any more because the government manufactures them in a way that ensures that no child has an unfair advantage over any other child. All of this makes sense to Alberta's dictator, but not to Will and Izzy two teenagers who are decidedly different from everyone else.

Wighton's novels have strong teenage characters driving the plot and facing challenges that, in many respects, are no different from what teenagers face today. His novels are intended to entertain and readers will find adventure, romance, suspense, humour, a strong focus on family, plus a touch of whimsy. Wighton also writes to provoke a little thought about life in today's societies and what the future might bring. Teachers may find the series useful in the classroom and the novels are priced with that intent in mind.