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| ISBN: | 0983650322 (ISBN13: 9780983650324) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Save the Pearls #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Eric Hoffer Book Award |
Victoria Foyt
Hardcover | Pages: 307 pages Rating: 2 | 917 Users | 377 Reviews
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| Title | : | Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls #1) |
| Author | : | Victoria Foyt |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 307 pages |
| Published | : | January 10th 2012 by Sand Dollar Press Inc (first published October 1st 2011) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fantasy. Romance. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Fiction |
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Eden Newman must mate before her 18th birthday in six months or she'll be left outside to die in a burning world. But who will pick up her mate-option when she's cursed with white skin and a tragically low mate-rate of 15%? In a post-apocalyptic, totalitarian, underground world where class and beauty are defined by resistance to an overheated environment, Eden's coloring brands her as a member of the lowest class, a weak and ugly Pearl. If only she can mate with a dark-skinned Coal from the ruling class, she'll be safe. Just maybe one Coal sees the Real Eden and will be her salvation her co-worker Jamal has begun secretly dating her. But when Eden unwittingly compromises her father's secret biological experiment, she finds herself in the eye of a storm and thrown into the last area of rainforest, a strange and dangerous land. Eden must fight to save her father, who may be humanity's last hope, while standing up to a powerful beast-man she believes is her enemy, despite her overwhelming attraction. Eden must change to survive but only if she can redefine her ideas of beauty and of love, along with a little help from her "adopted aunt" Emily Dickinson.Rating Out Of Books Revealing Eden (Save the Pearls #1)
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i actually read this a long long time ago, and it invoked me to such anger, i can't believe i haven't put up a review for it.well, since it was a very long time ago, i've forgotten much of what happened in the book. one thing that did happen [and quite consistently throughout the book] that i will never forget, though, was racism.so.1) Pearls. Ambers. Tigers-eyes. And then, Coals. That is blatant racism right there, smacking you in the face. Do you want me to believe that the term "Pearl" isracist. racist. racist. This person puts everything into perspective much more eloquently so I leave her open letter to the author here:Dear Victoria Foyt,I had never thought Id have to write a letter like this. Id thought that perhaps people knew some things were off limits, and that such things were off limits because they still cause hurt to very real and very subjugated people, but I was wrong.Mrs. Foyt, Id like you to know that Im only nineteen, a young Black person budding in a world where
Tacky, racially naive, and needs an editor. Its existence made more sense when I thought it was self-published.edit: It is self-published!
People, this book is terrible. But first, let me tell you something about growing up black in the United States. There are not enough positive FICTIONAL people of color for you to look up to. If there's a person of color in a novel, the odds are that they won't be a person of color in the movie. Hell, people will complain if they are because they "just didn't see that character that way". In other words, to them, white is the racial default and they have poor reading comprehension skills. If
So this story is set in a future where the heat and sun have gotten ridiculous and the darker your skin is, the safer you are. Caucasians are now the minority due to their fragile skin and are called 'Pearls'. African-Americans are the majority and everyone wants to be a 'Coal'. So much so that Pearls cover their hair and skin with a makeup of sorts in order to be more 'average' and pretty. Also, in this world you must be marked to mate by age 18 or lose all resources on which to live.Eden is a
Original review posted hereI dont do pure negative reviews very often usually theres some sort of saving grace in a book, a storyline I like, a character I admired, something I can pull from the book, but I cant do it here.Lets look at the list of things that got to me:1. Reverse racism. Foyt tried an experiment and, in my opinion, failed. Something that is a basic cornerstone of good writing is show, dont tell. Dont include a word and then reference it as being a racist term, in those exact
I think I know what you're wondering. Is this book as racist as people are making it out to be? In a word, yes. Yes it is. But do I think that Foyt set out to make her book this offensive? No. No, after having finished the book I think I can say that this is more an example of why authors should do their research and listen to their audience when covering real life problems (such as racism) that you yourself have never experienced. Despite Foyt's claims that she's been called a bad word during
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