Dark Life by Kat Falls - ADVISABLE

Falls, Kat Dark Life, 297 p. Scholastic, 2010.  $7.  Violence: PG.  Ty has lived his whole life in the deep ocean.  The adults don’t know it, but living here has given Ty some special gifts – dark gifts.  When the Seablite Gang and their ruthless leader Shade attack his neighbors’ homestead, the land-based government forces the colonists to hunt the Gang on their own or they will lose their charters.  And Gemma, a topsider who is afraid of the ocean is major distraction to Ty, because she needs his help to look for her brother.  Falls has created a well thought out world under the water and the fast-paced narrative leaves you only a little time to enjoy the scenery.  EL, MS – ADVISABLE. Cindy, Library Teacher.