Legend 1

Marie Lu

Penguin Books Limited (UK), 2012 - Juvenile Fiction - 295 pages

The United States is gone, along with its flooded coasts. North America's two warring nations, the western Republic and the eastern Colonies, have reached a breaking point. In the midst of this broken continent and dark new world are two teenagers who will go down in history ....Born into the slums of the Republic's Lake sector, fifteen-year old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. A mysterious boy with no recorded image or fingerprints. A boy who should no longer exist. A boy who watches over his family until one evening, when the plague patrols mark his family's door with an X - the sign of infection. A death sentence for any family too poor to afford the antidote. Day has no choice; he must steal it.Born to an elite family in the wealthy Ruby sector, fifteen-year old June is the Republic's most promising prodigy. Obedient, passionate, and committed to her country - until the day her brother Metias is murdered during a break-in at the plague hospital.Only one person could be responsible.Day.And now it's June's mission to hunt him down.The truth they'll uncover will become legend.

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Review: Legend (Legend #1)

User Review  - Barb Middleton - Goodreads

How do you unwind and relax? I have several ways, but a favorite is watching brainless, entertaining action movies; particularly the summer-type - with a bit of humor, gobs of special effects, an ...

Review: Legend (Legend #1)

User Review  - Jocelyn - Goodreads

The hurtling pace of this book is both its strength and its weakness. On one hand, Lu's prose is effortlessly befitting for the fast paced action, but on another, it leaves little room to develop the ...

About the author

Marie Lu is a US author who works as an art director for a Los Angeles video game company. She was born near Shanghai, but currently lives in California with her boyfriend and their three dogs. She is the author of the YA novel Legend and its brilliant sequel Prodigy.@Marie_Luwww.marielu.orgwww.legendtheseries.comwww.facebook.com/legendtheseries

Bibliographic information

• Title: Legend 1; Book 1 of Legend Series; Puffin Books
• Author: Marie Lu
• Publisher: Penguin Books Limited (UK), 2012
• ISBN: 0141339411, 9780141339412
• Length: 295 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General; Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories; Juvenile Fiction / Family / Siblings; Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Fiction / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Military & Wars; Juvenile Fiction / Law & Crime