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Half Way Home

Hugh Howey

Ages 13–17

Readers rate it 3.6 (100 on Hardcover)

241 pages · Released 2019

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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.

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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.

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  • Fiction
  • kobo
  • Calibre Import
  • Classics
  • Fantasy
  • Young Adult
  • Adventure
  • Science Fiction
  • Space
  • LGBTQ
  • Dystopian
  • Aliens

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