About this item
Dive deep into the vivid underwater world of Dark Life!The oceans rose, swallowing the lowlands. Earthquakes shattered the continents, toppling entire regions into the rising water. Now, humans live packed into stack cities. The only ones with any space of their own are those who live on the ocean floor: the Dark Life.Ty has spent his whole life living deep undersea. When outlaws attack his homestead, he finds himself in a fight to save the only home he has ever known. Joined by Gemma, a girl from Topside, Ty ventures into the frontier's rough underworld and discovers some dark secrets to Dark Life. Secrets that threaten to destroy everything.
About the Author
Award-winning novelist Kat Falls captivates her audience with fast-paced, action-packed thrillers. In Dark Life and its sequel, Riptide, Kat takes her middle school-aged readers into science fiction adventure under the sea. The series has been translated into 17 languages and Dark Life is in development for film at Disney. When Al Roker featured Dark Life on "Al's Book Club for Kids," Kat made a guest appearence on The Today Show. Kat's young adult novel, Inhuman, is a dystopian romance set after a devastating biological disaster. Inhuman received glowing reviews from Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, VOYA, a starred review from Kirkus, and was featured on the Tome It List for "clean" teen reads.
Kat teaches screenwriting at Northwestern University and lives in Evanston, Illinois with her husband, theater director Robert Falls, and their three children. katfalls.com
Dark Life's Scholastic Page: http://www.scholastic.com/darklife/
Dark Life Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=xCjp2JdIz48
Link to The Today Show segment with Al Roker: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/38575795#38575795
