Behind the Gates (Tomorrow Girls Series #1)

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In a terrifying future world, four girls must depend on each other if they want to survive.

Louisa is nervous about being sent away to a boarding school -- but she’s excited, too. And she has her best friend, Maddie, to keep her company. The girls have to pretend to be twin sisters, which Louisa thinks just adds to the adventure!

Country Manor School isn’t all excitement, though. Louisa isn’t sure how she feels about her new roommates: athletic...

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Overview

In a terrifying future world, four girls must depend on each other if they want to survive.

Louisa is nervous about being sent away to a boarding school -- but she’s excited, too. And she has her best friend, Maddie, to keep her company. The girls have to pretend to be twin sisters, which Louisa thinks just adds to the adventure!

Country Manor School isn’t all excitement, though. Louisa isn’t sure how she feels about her new roommates: athletic but snobby Rosie and everything’s-a-conspiracy Evelyn. Even Maddie seems different away from home, quiet and worried all the time.

Still, Louisa loves CMS -- the survival skills classes, the fresh air. She doesn’t even miss not having a TV, or the internet, or any contact with home. It’s for their own safety, after all.

Or is it?

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Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
In the first book in the Tomorrow Girls series, set in a future America rocked by natural disasters and war, 13-year-old Louisa is excited about leaving her Chicago home for boarding school—and freedom from the watchful eyes of her wealthy parents. She even has her best friend Maddie with her, disguised as her twin sister so they can stay together. Unfortunately, the Country Manor School turns out to be a remote school in an unknown location, cut off from phones, mail, TV, and the Internet, where the girls are stripped of all personal effects, the grounds are patrolled, and there's a strict curfew. Along with roommates Evelyn and Rosie, the girls know they need to find out the truth about why they've been brought there. Gray's solid writing will grab readers as she plunges her characters into an unsettling situation, and questions and discomfort build. Only Louisa's character gets much development, and the political background is a tad thin, but the three sequels (due throughout 2011) will likely address these minor drawbacks in an otherwise promising story. Ages 10–up. (May)
Children's Literature - Annie Laura Smith
When life changes significantly in the United States, in the near future, due to natural disasters and an undefined war, parents send their children to boarding schools in the wilderness, hoping they will be in a safer environment. Thirteen-year-old Louisa is caught up in this transition when she is sent to an all-girls school, Country Manor. Louisa and her best friend Maddie pretend to be twins, and share a room with two other girls. There are enormous adjustments for Louisa and the other girls to make. Imagine the frustration of four thirteen-year-olds suddenly thrust into a world without any electronic devices? They must learn to cope in a world devoid of this technology. On a camping trip, they have to depend on each other for survival. Are the activities at this boarding school an adventure for the girls? Or are they at real risk in this government controlled society in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained? The reader will have to read the entire series to learn their fate. This dystopian novel is the first book of the "Tomorrow Girls" series which includes: Run for Cover, With the Enemy, and Set Me Free. Reviewer: Annie Laura Smith
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780545317016
  • Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
  • Publication date: 5/1/2011
  • Series: Tomorrow Girls Series , #1
  • Pages: 240
  • Sales rank: 97,147
  • Lexile: 680L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 5.20 (w) x 7.50 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Eva Gray lives in Chicago and enjoys reading, cooking, and camping. Though she doesn't expect to need them in the near future, Eva keeps lots of extra batteries for her flashlight and a stock of canned food in her pantry.
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Average Rating 4.5
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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 27, 2011

    Great book!

    I absolutely loved this book. It's a great book for people who have read The Hunger Games and are looking for more dystopian teen fiction. I am a teen and I read a LOT of books, but this is one of the best books I've ever read. Five stars!

    5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 3, 2012

    Love it!"!!!!

    Best book ever EXCEPT Harry Potter

    4 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 1, 2012

    Dude

    THE BOOK IS AMAZING NOT PREDICTABLE AND 210 PAGES GET IT U WONT REGRET IT DONT LISTEN TO ALL THE OTHER COMENTS I REPEAT GET THIS BOOK PLEASE U WONT BE SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    OH JUST GET IT !!!!

    3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 6, 2012

    Awesome

    Eva Gray Is so great shes better than James Patterson.
    has insteresting books I love this author

    3 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 15, 2012

    Love it!!!

    I love this book it is one of the best books i have read yet and i have read a lot of books i would recomend it for everyone this book should be in their library or on their wishlist cant wait to read the other 3 this book is the best book ever!!!

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 1, 2012

    Awesome

    This book was great! Defenitly a must read i recommend it to anyone who likes drama, adventure, and definitly a bit of humor. This book is for everyone!! I really liked this book and i am looking forward to reading the next 3 books, which are all on my wish list!!!! Good job eva! :)

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 26, 2011

    Luv it

    So n luv with it

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 18, 2011

    Fantastic!

    I am in the 10-14 age and thought this book was brilliant! I pre-ordered the 2nd book and hope it's like the first. Very mysterious and exciting! Please get a sample! The sample might be boring or confusing but when you buy the book you will be like O.M.G!

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 1, 2012

    Amazing.

    This book was a lot like harry potter well kind of that's probably why i liked it. Still harry potter is MY favorite. Nothing can compare it.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 6, 2011

    I love o I love it

    I purchased this book at Booksamillion,and i love it im only one chapter 2. You should read the sample and if yiu like it purchase it.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted July 10, 2011

    LUV IT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

    Im reading yhe next book it exterremly awesomeness!

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 8, 2013

    Anonymous

    Awesome! Amazing book, couldn't put it down.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 28, 2013

    Awsome book

    This is a awesome book i give it five stars i have not read the hole book but by chapter 1 u will love it i recomend this book it has like 200 and something pages i want to read the other books in the series.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 15, 2013

    Gabby

    I know right i read it in one day too!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 4, 2013

    Cool

    This book sounds soo intersting!!!!

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 6, 2012

    :)

    This book was so good i read it in a day. It was not boring but very suspenseful. :)

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 24, 2012

    Awesome

    I strongly recomend this book for girls 9-13. Very good book!

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 21, 2012

    AWESOME!!

    Well I was on vacation and i got the book and could not put it down cant wait to get the nect book

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 5, 2012

    Best book ever

    I have read all 4 and stil think it is the best book ever. I would love to tell you the story but that would be giving it away. Also i think tha a 5 star rating isint high enought i would giv it 10 starsh

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 13, 2012

    This is awonderful book to read

    I Recomend this book becuse it is a very good read

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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