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"Chris Weitz has made a beautiful transition from writing and directing films to novels. The Young World is populated with characters you won't forget and a story as fresh and urgent as Divergent."--James Patterson, #1 NY Times bestselling author of Maximum Ride. Welcome to New York, a city ruled by teens.After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl he's secretly in love with, have carved out a precarious existence among the chaos. But when a fellow tribe member discovers a clue that may hold the cure for the Sickness, five teens set out on a life-altering road trip, exchanging gunfire with enemy gangs, escaping cults and militias, braving the wilds of the subway--all in order to save humankind.This first novel from acclaimed film writer/director Chris Weitz is the heart-stopping debut of an action-packed trilogy.
The Young World, by Chris Weitz - Amazon Sales Rank: #173014 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-23
- Released on: 2015-06-23
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.00" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 400 pages
The Young World, by Chris Weitz From School Library Journal Gr 9 Up—The premise is familiar—an apocalyptic event spares only teens who are now fighting, romancing, and wise-cracking their way to a better tomorrow. After the Sickness, survivors like Jefferson and Donna joined tribes, and now they use barter, looting, urban farming, and gunfights to get by. In his first novel, screenwriter Weitz (The Twilight Saga: New Moon) mixes clever teen slang and pop culture references with likable stock characters, such as the socially inept, brainiac, campy gay dude, and the feisty Chinese girl who's skilled at martial arts. Weitz peppers his story with such concepts as fiat currency and zoo animals in the Metropolitan Museum, as well as four-letter words and occasionally crude smack talk. When it appears that a scientific paper at the main branch of the New York Public Library might hold the secret to the Sickness, Jeff and his tribe decide to go get it. Narrator José Julián is superb as Jefferson, and Spencer Locke delivers a good (if slightly valley girl—inflected) performance as Donna. Both narrators read Weitz's screenplay-styled passages with a staccato "he said/she said" delivery, distinguishing speakers without need for a wide variety of accents or pitches. The Young World works well as an audiobook and is recommended for high school libraries.—Maggie Knapp, Trinity Valley School, Fort Worth, TX
From Booklist It’s two years since the sickness hit, killing all adults and children. Only teenagers remain to rule the world. In a Lord of the Flies fashion, the social order has broken down, and the survivors have gathered together into tribes. Everyone expires now at age 18, and when Jefferson’s older brother dies, the leadership of Manhattan’s Washington Square Tribe passes to the reluctant teen. Soon thereafter, a possible cure for the sickness is discovered—or is it a chimera? To find out, Jeff and four members of his tribe, including Donna, the girl he loves, undertake a perilous journey in search of the truth. Telling his story in the alternating voices of Jeff and Donna, noted film director Weitz, in his first YA novel, has done a good job of meticulously building his postapocalyptic world, though sometimes at the expense of action. Still, there is more than enough to keep readers turning the pages and anticipating volume two of what promises to be—what else?—a trilogy and ultimately, perhaps, a movie? HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Weitz’s high profile in Hollywood—and a five-star marketing push—have already created plenty of anticipation for his youth-book debut. Grades 9-12. --Michael Cart
Review Although this may not be the first time a post-apocalyptic, teenage-run world has been written about, it is one of the best in the genre. Chris Weitz has his finger on the pulse when it comes to cultural references and his fantastically diverse characters pop out of the action-packed pages. Narrated by two protagonists, Jefferson and Donna, this rollercoaster of a story demands to be read in one sitting. Highly recommended. Booktrust It is not difficult to imagine this as a punchy, all action blockbuster... The violence is well handled and not too graphic and various ever-changing romantic liaisons are portrayed with realistic angst and tears. The action concludes with a suitable cliff-hanging scenario, and this will be excellent for fans of Hunger Games, Chaos Trilogy and The Faze. -- Stephen King The School Librarian
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26 of 31 people found the following review helpful. Hype tries to cover a done-to-death YA plot. No spoilers. Human and animal cruelty. By Leaf Hmmm the hype, oh that hype! Too bad it didn't live up to it. :( Chris Weitz, as you might recognize as being the director of the Golden Compass and New Moon-to name a few-had me hooked at the beginning. I honestly was thinking this might be the BEST book of the year BUT, it really turned out to be your average done-to-death-plot. It was basically like rereading The Tribe, or Gone, but worse.Now, I loved our MC Jefferson. He was INTERESTING and SMART. I loved the equality among the genders in his group in a dystopian YA, where when you only live until you are 18, you can be sure rape is abundant. The girls were not just walking toys. Jefferson and his group respected each other, which was very refreshing. There is rape in this book though, in case you were wondering. And animal and human cruelty.Donna is our other protagonist just because she is. She WHINES a lot, she makes unintelligent observations, and she is a VERY DULL love interest. I could care less about her, which was very disappointing. The POV switches between Donna and Jefferson and I don't know why because she added NOTHING to the plot. Maybe it was because that nowadays, most YA are successful because it features a strong heroine? Maybe, but the Maze Runner, Enders Game, and The Giver make that point invalid. It was as if the author was trying to make her sound like a teen as she included "like" in nearly ever sentence and everything she said sounded as if she were asking a question....she came off as stupid to me at times.The group believes they might have found a clue to the "Sickness"-I know, very original-and set off in search of it and I did enjoy it at first. And then it went downhill faster than you could imagine. You would think that after after a disease ran its course, the survivors would have built some sort of immunity to this disease, either genetically or medically, but they don't. I am not a professional by any means regarding diseases, but it's a proven fact that our bodies eventually will develop an immunity of sorts.For some reason, weapons-ex-machina literally abounds. Seriously. I have read enough dystopian to have seen this before, but when this just becomes a thing, I balk. How the heck do these kids just have a seemingly unlimited supply of weapons? Suspense and action scenes were literally thrown in at random either for shock factor or to try and keep you interested.There is graphic violence towards humans and dogs so if you are squeasmish, here is your warning.The hype surrounding this book does NOT live up to it. It's an overused plot that was poorly executed, and I spent full price the day it came out at Barnes and Nobles because I was sucked into the hype. I will be stepping off the hype-train now.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Welcome To Dystopian Manhattan By Talvi The Young World is a wonderfully snarky, sharply written, fun satire on American society in general, and youth culture in specific. Drawing upon a landscape of a shattered New York City, there is a wealth of bite for author Weitz to mine with his teenaged protagonists. And though I was greatly reminded of the movie The Warriors (if not deadly serious and full of bon mots), I greatly enjoyed The Young World as a romping adventure through the YA dystopian genre.After a virus quickly kills off all adults and young kids, only teens survive. Jefferson and his 'tribe' are holed up in Washington Square in New York City, knowing all along that supplies are dwindling and they will all die around the time they turn 18. But one of Jeff's group thinks he has an answer to the virus - the ground zero origin as well as the possibility of a cure. It's up to Jeff to get a small party across a ravaged Manhattan and up to the tip of Long Island. They will battle other tribes, wild animals, and worse both above and below the dangerous streets of New York City. At stake is much more than their lives.Weitz has done an excellent job of creating characters with rich and very teen dialogue. The book has two POVs: Jeff and his childhood friend Donna. All of the tribe are characters in themselves and watching their personalities spark off each other (and others they meet along the way) is a lot of the fun of the book. The plot flows quite smoothly and this is a very easy but engaging read. I smiled quite a few times at the observations, dialogue, and thoughts of these characters.While we don't have anything new in the genre here (with faint shades of the New Zealand B-grade 1990 TV series Tribe, Lord of the Flies, and The Warriors), the writing is good enough to create a very satisfying and distinct plot arc. But what really makes the book unique is its take on a post apocalyptic New York. I had as much fun reading about dystopian Manhattan as I did with the witty rejoinders. From Central Park to the Met to the subways.This is the first in the series. The book ends with a huge twist, fairly abruptly, to set up the events to come in the next book. I look forward to following these characters more in book 2.Reviewed from an ARC.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Fun dystopian! By Jessica How could you not love a book with a line like this?"I hose down Babies R Us with the .50 cal."This book is told in alternating POV between Donna and Jefferson. It's been about 2 years since all adults and small children died from The Sickness. The remaining teens in NYC are getting by as best they can - most have banded together into small groups. One of the members of Donna and Jefferson's group wants to go in search of information that he believes could lead to a cure. A crazy adventure ensues.Both Jefferson and Donna are really likable and relatable characters. Jefferson's this calm scholar type and Donna's just an adorable badass. They're very different from each other which makes their relationship awesome and also makes their narration styles very distinctive (you'll never be confused as to whose chapter you're reading!).I also really liked the writing style - there were bunches of lines that made me snort-laugh:"He bows, then starts intoning a speech like he's wandered in from Game of Thrones.""I do a people check. We've got:Brainbox (evil genius)Donna (slightly unhinged girl-power chick)Peter (gay Christian adrenaline junky)And me (nerd philosopher king)Not exactly the Fellowship of the Ring, but not too shabby either, when you think about it. I can't say the selection committee did such a great job at the Council of Elrond. Four hobbits? Seriously? Out of nine people? I know it all worked out, but - questionable management."There's also a small section that addresses slut shaming that made me so happy. Donna feels threatened by the presence of a new hot girl and is afraid this will ruin her chances with Jefferson. And she's having all these slut-shaming thoughts and has a whole convo with herself about how completely unfair that is. It's the first time I've actually seen slut-shaming so openly addressed and called out in a YA book.Lots of crazy stuff happens at the end so the next book better get here ASAP or I'm going to freak out!!
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