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A compelling dystopian novel; winner of the 2010 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards: Young Adult Fiction.
Maryam refused to play by the Rules, and now they're out to get her blood…
The people of Onewere, a small island in the Pacific, know that they are special-chosen by the great Apostles of the Lamb to survive the deadly Tribulation that consumed the Earth. Now, from their Holy City in the rotting cruise ship Star of the Sea, the Apostles control the population-manipulating texts from the Holy Book to implant themselves as living gods. But what the people of Onewere don't know is this: the white elite will stop at nothing to meet their own blood-thirsty needs…
When Maryam crosses from child to woman, she must leave everything she has ever known and make a Crossing of another kind. But life inside the Holy City is not as she had dreamed, and she is faced with the unthinkable: obey the Apostles and very likely die, or turn her back on every belief she once held dear.
This book is a fast, suspenseful drama underpinned by a powerful and moving story about love and loss.
- Sales Rank: #3772824 in Books
- Published on: 2013-01-08
- Released on: 2013-01-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.71" h x .89" w x 5.76" l, .83 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 280 pages
From School Library Journal
Gr 8 Up-Maryam has only known one thing her whole life: to blindly follow the tenets of her religious community without question or thought. She lives on Onewere, a small island in the South Pacific that was chosen as a place to live by the Apostles of the Lamb after the world was destroyed by The Tribulation. The Apostles believe that they exist in the form of the living God on Earth and control all of the native inhabitants from an old cruise ship that is referred to as the Holy City. Maryam is among a group of native girls referred to as The Chosen. They are raised to be servants to the Apostles and reside on the ship. Once a chosen girl is old enough, she makes the crossing to live the rest of her days as a server of the Holy City. When Maryam initially makes the crossing, she is filled with the innocent joy of fulfilling her religious destiny. Her feelings are shaken to the core once she discovers the harsh reality of ship life and the true meaning for why she was chosen. A disturbing dip into how abuse of power can lead to racist ignorance and dangerous gender and social discrimination, this book will appeal to readers who love dystopian adventures.-Sabrina Carnesi, Crittenden Middle School, Newport News, VAα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
From Booklist
Now that her Bloods have come, Maryam can make the Crossing and leave behind her simple life in the South Pacific island of Onewere to serve the Apostles. From their Holy City, the beached cruise ship Star of the Sea, the white-skinned Apostles have “shepherded” the natives since the Tribulation ravaged the world and they appeared on the horizon as saviors. Eager to perform her religious duty, Maryam is nonetheless troubled by the vast hoarded resources aboard the ship and the state of the girls who made the Crossing before, who are lethargic, emaciated, and largely pregnant. Her fears are realized at her own humiliating welcoming ceremony, where she quickly learns her place as one of the Chosen. Able to look beyond the faith that has made her people vulnerable, Maryam resolves to escape with news of this exploitation. Although this slim series opener has a standard dystopian premise, the religious slant is thoughtful, and the exotic setting stands out. Maryam’s strong sense of justice and willingness to question ingrained beliefs should appeal to teens. Grades 8-11. --Krista Hutley
Review
Praise for The Crossing and Mandy Hagar:
"[Maryam's] struggle to recognize and fight exploitation that's been reinforced by religious faith is compelling. …This trilogy opener will be just the thing for those readers still hungry for dystopias." -�Kirkus Reviews
"Like 1984 for teenagers-direct, passionate, and powerful."
- Margaret Mahy, New Zealand's foremost children's writer
"Readers who love dystopian fiction, yet are searching for a unique storyline, should take a chance with Hager's novel. The imperfect protagonist, the low-key romance that sparks life into a dangerous story, and the urgency the characters carry make Hager's�The Crossing�an addicting and thought-provoking read." �-�Blogcritics
"A post apocalyptic thriller of such force and originality...."
-Booktopia SF & Fantasy September Buzz
Praise for The Blood of the Lamb:
"With strong themes about racial and religious oppression and social justice, this series offers a well-constructed dystopia featuring issues that are all too realistic. Thought-provoking and action-packed.”�-�School Library Journal
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
A dark, gritty true dystopia
By Megan @ Book Brats
"But we can still be saved, my children, if we look to the Lord and the Lamb and their Apostles, and obey their rules."
THE CROSSING was not a book I had heard much about until a fateful email drew my attention to it. I'd heard about it vaguely in the past, that it was originally from New Zealand and that it was a religious post-apocalyptic dystopia. But what I didn't expect to find was something so much deeper than what the synopsis presented. It's a study on humanity, on racism, on slavery, on religion, on the power of fear, and on the power of friendship, love, and trust. And it was almost one of the best dystopian novels I could have ever imagined.
If you are squeamish about the darkness of humanity, THE CROSSING might not be for you. It is not an action-packed dystopia like most YA dystopias are. This is no DIVERGENT or DELIRIUM. This is more in the manner of THE HANDMAID'S TALE, except potentially darker in a sense.
After an apocalypse and plague wiped out most of humanity, a tiny island in the South Pacific becomes the last known refuge. A cruise ship, beached on coral, has become the headquarters for the Apostles, white men and women who have brought the word of God to the barbaric islanders they've found, turning them into workers, into believers, and into slaves who hinge on their every word. Until one girl figures out the truth and decides to fight back.
Young adult fiction is not an arena you generally find philosophical and social debates about organized religion, racial relations, and rape. THE CROSSING, book one in the Blood of the Lamb series, deals with all of this and more. This is not a happy book in any sense of the word. People die, people that you come to care about. People betray others in the hopes that they are doing the right thing by God. People fear and distrust and sacrifice their kin to please the Lord. And at the heart of this story is the corruption of religion for one's own devices. How much more hard hitting can it get without getting too adult?
This story has some massive crossover appeal, I think. It's about a teen girl, but the situations she encounters are most definitely very dark. Also, I believe part of the synopsis is a spoiler. I won't say what part, but it gives away the ending of the book. You'll see if you read the story.
The characterization is growing, changing, and mostly believable. One of my hang ups that got this story a 4 instead of a 5, though, was the dialogue. It was written in a more formal style, which got intensely grating after 200 odd pages. Likewise, it let the plot go around in circles at points, but I still tore through this one quickly. The story itself kept me enraptured. This was one of my first (if not THE first) forays into New Zealand kids lit, and it hooked me - hard.
If you are in the market for something darker, try this one. I can't reveal a lot about it without giving away some of the crucial, wrenching parts of the book that are best experienced through reading it, which should be a good sign. THE CROSSING might be one of the darkest books I've read in YA in a long time, but still, this is a book that cannot be missed.
VERDICT: Albeit extremely dark, THE CROSSING breaks many lines that young adult fiction won't cross, making it a pulse-pounding, heart-wrenching dystopia that takes risks and succeeds in almost all of them.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
A Dark and Mysterious Read
By Mother/Gamer/Writer
Originally Reviewed At: Mother/Gamer/Writer
Rating: 5 out of 5 Controllers, Crown Rating
Review Source: ARC from Publisher
Reviewer: AimeeKay
"A story must unfold from the beginning of its journey, in order that its destination satisfy the human heart." - Mother Deborah
Oh and what a journey did this story take me on. Seriously amazing! I started reading it with grim thoughts of what type of dystopian world it would take me to. I've read some great and not so great ones recently. Also even on worlds that were amazing, sometimes the characters or their stories just weren't up to par. Thankfully that was not the case with The Crossing.
First let's start with the world Hager has created, or at least what is left of the world. Onewere and the Holy City are interconnected. The people of the island depending on the Apostles to save their souls, the Apostles depending on the people of the island....well depending on them for everything else. I'll stop there in description because I don't want to spoil any of the story. But I will say that the world she has created has so much potential, I mean really just tons.
Then there are the characters. I wasn't sure if I would like Maryam at first. The more I read however the more I got to like her. It also helped immensely that the other characters drew me in as well, even Mother Elizabeth and Ruth. I really didn't like either of them too much by the middle of the story, but by the end I wanted to see them both triumph. One other stand out character was amazingly well written Lazarus. Even when I hated him for his actions, the author somehow found a way to keep letting me see him in a different light.
This book is an awesomely promising start to what looks to be an awesome series.
I really enjoyed this one. 5 out of 5 controllers easy, the special ones too with the little crowns. I mean this one is great. It obviously ends with a cliffie, but not a horribly stiff drop. It was more than expected considering the events in the rest of the book and in its own way it was satisfying. The one thing I am sad to say is that it's set to be published in 2013, so that means it will be who knows how long until book two is set to release. *sigh* so don't want to have to wait, crossing my fingers that it will be released in 2013 as well.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Infinitely intriguing
By E. Kristin Anderson
I must have read one million dystopian novels in the past few years. Among them many post-apocalyptic types and stories infused with relgion. None of them have the same haunting feel as Mandy Hager's THE CROSSING. The back of the book is emblazoned with a big red circle declaring the novel to be "Winner of the 2010 New Zealand Post Children's Book Award for Young Adult Fiction." After reading THE CROSSING, I can totally get behind this big red circle.
THE CROSSING follows the story of Sister Maryam, a young girl on the verge of womanhood. She is one of the last of the girls her age to get her "Bloods," and as a member of the chosen, becoming a woman means crossing to the Holy City where she is to be a servant of The Lamb. While she's enjoyed her time on the atoll with Mother Elizabeth and Sister Ruth -- as close to a family as she's ever known, having been taken from her birth family as a small child due to her "special blood" -- Maryam is excited to begin her new life.
But the thing is, her new life isn't as glorious as she'd imagined. The Apostles seem to be on a mission to break her, starting with a humiliating ceremony initiating her into servitude. And the girls she knew on the atoll -- Sister Rebekah, Sister Sarah -- seem complacent, eager to please, and are happy to drink down the numbing tonic offered by the Apostles. Maryam wants to get away, but it seems impossible. When by chance she befriends an old medicine man, Hushai, and later Joseph, the sickly son of an Apostle, Maryam thinks she might be able to spark a change. A change that will take more than a little faith, especially if she wants to save Sister Ruth as well.
As the first book of a trilogy, THE CROSSING sets up an infinitely intriguing post-apocalyptic world, based loosely on folklore from the Bible and from native islands of the South Pacific. While the book certainly carries a "message," it is not terribly heavy-handed and the voice of Maryam is strong and compelling. The book gives the reader a lot to digest, so while it may be a bit of a slower read for some, it is also certainly satisfying. Fans of DIVERGENT who also enjoy literary fiction will be sure to enjoy Mandy Hager's new series.
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