The Second Life of Linus Hoppe [Paperback]

Anne-Laure Bondoux (Author), Catherine Temerson (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 10, 2007 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

After intentionally getting himself expelled from Realm One, Linus Hoppe believed he would experience more of real life. But life in inferior Realm Two is a nightmare. For months Linus has been imprisoned in a factory, where he toils on an assembly line. At night, he’s so tired that he no longer dreams of a future, of the destiny he wanted to create for himself. As for his family and friends, he fears he’ll never see them again. He especially misses Chem and Yosh, his co-conspirators in fooling the Great Processor. What made them think they could change society’s rigid hierarchy? Ready to give up, Linus must somehow regain hope and the will to fight for his freedom.


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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-9–Hard manual labor in a miserable Subterranean Training Zone transit home was not the life 14-year-old Linus expected when he switched exam scores to end up in Realm Two in The Destiny of Linus Hoppe (Delacorte, 2005). This story picks up six months after he and Yosh traded places in a Paris of the near future where society is strictly divided into Realms: One is for the elite, Two for the working class, and Three and Four for the social deviants. Linus, considered a failure of the system, faces a brutal future, while Yosh has taken Linus's comfortable place in the Protected Zone. Linus breaks out of the transit home with the assistance of the director's daughter and works with the organization to expose the flaws in the classification of society. Obviously translated, the language is stilted and the dialogue is unnatural. The setting, relationships, and most characters were introduced in the first book and are only briefly described here, leaving gaps and questions for readers unfamiliar with the previous title. This is a necessary and neat, if overly hasty and saccharine, conclusion for those who want to know Linus's destiny.–Kelly Vikstrom, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD
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From Booklist

Gr. 6-9. In this sequel to The Destiny of Linus Hoppe (2005), the title character has successfully fooled the mechanism that assigns members of his dystopian society to levels of a caste system. After giving away his privileged Realm One birthright to experience the grittier life of Realm Two, Linus is separated from his parents and forced to work in a factory while awaiting reassignment to a Realm Two family. Mr. Zanz, a member of the underground movement opposing the caste system, rescues and recruits Linus, who becomes a fugitive moving between realms, using the stolen ID cards of dead citizens. Eventually he uncovers a government plot, which the resistance infiltrates and works to expose. The translation from the French is often clunky and the world building weak. The premise, however, is intriguing enough to please fans of the first book. Jennifer Hubert
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Yearling (July 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440420393
• ISBN-13: 978-0440420392
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 7.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,449,328 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good sci-fi adventure book, May 7, 2006

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Gary H. Cassel "Flamingnet Teen Book Reviews" (Baltimore, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Second Life of Linus Hoppe (Hardcover)

Linus Hoppe is a student currently living in Realm One. After he takes the exam by the Great Processor that decides which realm he will be in, he swaps scores with his friend, Yosh. He thought it would be fun living in Realm Two, but he is treated terribly and cannot see his friends anymore. When a girl named Toscane comes to talk to him, he is forced into hiding. With the help of a few of his friends, he must try to stop the Great Processor and all the exams to creat one big realm.

I thought that The Second Life of Linus Hoppe was put together very well. The characters all had there own importance and skill in the book when it was needed most. Sometimes it was hard to understand the book. That was mainly at the beginning of the book when they were introducing all the realms and characters though. What I thought was one of the best aspects of the book was that at first it told three storys that didn't mean anything but toward the end everything tied in well. I recommend this book for anyone who wants a good sci-fi book or even an adventure book to read.

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