Green Boy

By Susan Cooper

Book Overview

Two brothers encounter danger and adventure in a world of the future in this classic dystopian novel from Newbery Medalist Susan Cooper. On their idyllic Bahamian island, Trey's little brother, Lou, is different. He doesn't speak and suffers from frightening seizures. But when he and Trey find themselves mysteriously transported to Pangaia, an Otherworld where pollution and over-development have all but destroyed nature, a militant environmental group greets Lou as the prophesied hero who will save their world. But to realize this prophecy, Lou must take Trey on a terrifying and dangerous mission, with much more at stake than the fate of Pangaia--and it's not all in the future. Does Lou have the power to save his present-day island home from developers who will turn it into their own version of Pangaia?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442480823
• ISBN13: 9781442480827
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

As always, excellently done

I am a big fan of Susan Cooper's work, and Green Boy did not disappoint. The style differs slightly from her other books I have read, but well it should, as it is set in the Bahamas. The plot is compelling and the descriptions of the Otherworld left me haunted by the environmental possibilities of our own world. Clearly she has a message here. However, the story works on its own and is a good read.

Fantasy blends with more than a touch of realistic settings

Trey and his silent younger brother love to visit their special Bahamas cay, but when they discover that their visits are bringing them to a frightening future world, linked to their own, their become involved in fighting off an environmental threat to their own beloved home. Fantasy blends with more than a touch of realistic settings in this fast paced fantasy.