The Factory

Catherine Egan

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Miscellaneous
07 January 2025

General fiction (Children's&YA); Science fiction (Children's&YA); Science & technology: general interest (Children's&YA); Young Adult Science Fiction

Step inside the Factory in this suspenseful exploration of power, exploitation, and the nature of time that Kirkus calls a ""gripping, fast-paced story with a cliffhanger ending,"" and a ""complex beginning to what will surely be a sought-after series""!

Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle is no stranger to misfortune. Bullied at school and struggling with problems at home, he dreams of the day he can leave it all behind him. That's when he receives an unexpected opportunity: an invitation to join the Factory -- a top-secret research facility that's supposedly developing renewable energy -- and Asher will be paid handsomely for his participation. It seems like the answer to all his problems.

But not everything is as it seems at the Factory. The other kids in the program are tired and sullen, almost as if they've had the life sucked out of them, and the staff members are clearly hiding something. What's more, Asher discovers he wasn't chosen at random; someone in the program desperately wants him to participate. Asher can't help but feel that whatever the Factory is doing, it's not what he or any of the other kids signed up for.

To Asher's horror, it turns out that the Factory isn't developing renewable energy at all. So what is the Factory up to, and more important, why? As conditions in the Factory worsen, Asher must team up with the other kids to uncover the sinister truth behind the experiment -- and his personal connection to it -- before someone gets seriously hurt.

By: Catherine Egan
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9781339034218
ISBN 10: 1339034212
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 07 January 2025
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Catherine Egan grew up in Vancouver, Canada. Since then, she has lived on a volcanic island in Japan (which erupted while she was there and sent her hurtling straight into the arms of her now husband), in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Beijing, on an oil rig in the middle of Bohai Bay, in New Jersey, and now in New Haven, Connecticut. She's written several books for teens, including the Witch's Child YA trilogy and the middle-grade novel, Sneaks. You can read more about her at catherineegan.com and follow her on Twitter at @ByCatherineEgan.

Reviews for The Factory

""Budding dystopian and science-fiction readers will thrill at this gripping, fast-paced story with a cliffhanger ending . . . a thrilling and complex beginning to what will surely be a sought-after series."" -- Kirkus Reviews

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The Factory

Catherine Egan

$19.95

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