EMMA CLAYTON
This story takes place in London in the
future behind a giant wall built around
the top one-third of the Earth.
The planet is over populated and is
running out of natural resources.
A group of people called the “World
Conservation Club” create a fake animal
plague threatening the human race.
The world’s population except the “WCC”
move behind the wall under the
pretense that this was the only safe
place.
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Mika - main character, a mutant 12 yr old boy whose
objective is to find his 12 yr old sister Ellie
Ellie – Mike’s sister believed to be dead
Audrey – Mika’s friend, a mutant 12 yr old girl with Borg
eyes.
Kobi – Mike’s friend from school, likes to build robots.
Mal Gorman – head of the Northern Government,
ruthlessly gets what he wants
Ruben Snaith – Mika’s enemy, another 12 yr old mutant
and partially insane.
Puck – a Capuchin Monkey
David – father of Mika and Ellie
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The story follows twins Mika and Ellie who live in England
with their parents in the poverty stricken area behind The
Wall.
Ellie has been kidnapped, held by the leader of the Youth
Development Foundation, Mal Gorman.
Mika refuses to believe she is dead.
In the beginning of the story, Ellie is flying a Pod Fighter
along with a Capuchin monkey named Puck.
Mal’s forces try to kill her shooting down Ellie’s Pod Fighter
crashing into the water. Mal captures her and Ellie nearly
kills him with her mutant powers.
Ellie was taken to the Lab to be examined with Puck.
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Mika is sent to school while still grieving over Ellie’s absence.
At school, he meets a boy named Kobi.
An old lady named Helen tells Mika if he played a new arcade
game called Pod Fighter, he would find his sister Ellie.
He competes in a Pod Fighter competition with his faithful gunner,
Audrey, a girl with Borg eyes. Audrey is a love interest for Mika.
Mika wins the competition and Mal gives him Ellie.
During an uproar, Mika and Ellie escape in a Pod Fighter over The
Wall and discover there is a forest with animals and people!
Outraged, they fly back over The Wall to ask Mal why he imprisoned
everybody!
Mal reveals the plague was faked by a group of people who wanted
the world for themselves.
Mika and Ellie fly home to tell their family that life exists outside of
The Wall!
Over population
and pollution of the planet
lead to crowded cities and disease.
The WCC took drastic measures in order to save
the planet by building “The Wall”
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When Mika won the Pod
Fighter competition which
resulted in his family getting
a new apartment in the
Golden Turrets, the new
section where the rich people
lived.
Mika was very proud of his
efforts that brought his family
back together.
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When all of the natural resources were depleted on
the planet, the WCC puts a ban on having children
for 20 years & creates a fake plague forcing all people
to live behind The Wall.
A new race of children was born including mutants
with special powers.
The population that lives behind The Wall want to
take the planet back by creating an army of children
that were trained to fight using pod fighters.
The children are waiting in Cape Wrath (fort) to go to
war. Book #2 continues the story.
The WCC would tell the North (people living
behind The Wall) about the fake plague and
start caring for both the people and the
planet.
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I would recommend this book because:
It’s action packed
A good story line
And a lot of imagination was used to create
the characters, their living environment and
their circumstances.
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