241 pages · Released 2019 · William Morrow Paperbacks
Content report card
Half Way Home parent’s guide: what’s inside
Medium confidence
Sexual content
None · 0/5
Substance use
None · 0/5
What it offers
Educational value
Some · 2/5
A note for parents
Half Way Home is a survival-focused science fiction novel where teens must navigate a hostile alien world without adult guidance. The story involves conflict between characters and dangerous environmental threats, but violence is not gratuitous. Themes include self-reliance, cooperation under duress, and moral complexity; LGBTQ+ representation is present though not central to the plot. The book is suitable for engaged teen readers who enjoy dystopian sci-fi but contains enough survival peril and interpersonal conflict to warrant a mid-teen recommendation.
Nearly sixty teens awaken halfway through their training, stranded on a harsh alien world with few supplies, no adults, and led by a treacherous artificial intelligence, but their greatest enemy is each other.Nearly sixty teens awaken halfway through their training, stranded on a harsh alien world with few supplies, no adults, and led by a treacherous artificial intelligence, but their greatest enemy is each other.
