More Than This
Publisher
Fintage Publishing
Publication Year
2013
ISBN
9780763662585
Pages
472 pages
Genre
science fiction
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A boy named Seth drowns, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. He is naked, thirsty, starving. But alive. How is that possible? He remembers dying. So how is he here? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America. But the neighborhood around his old house is overgrown, covered in dust, and completely abandoned. What's going on? And why is it that whenever he closes his eyes, he falls prey to vivid, agonizing memories that seem more real than the world around him? Seth begins a search for answers, hoping that he might not be alone, trapped in a crumbling, abandoned world.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
HL800L
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; gay; gay teenager
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
gay male
Awards
Berkshire Book Award, 2014, Longlist, Children's Book
Carnegie Medal, 2015, Short List
Cybils Awards, 2013, Nominee, Young Adult (Speculative Fiction)
Hounslow Teen Read Award, 2015, Short List
Independent Book Shop Week Book Award, 2014, Short List, Children's (Fiction)
UKLA Children's Book Award, 2015, Long List, Ages (12-16)
UKLA Digital Book Award, 2015, Long List, Ages (12-16)
Keywords
rebirth; dystopian society; technology; bullying; guilt; suicide; the afterlife; broken heart; drowning
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Ness, Patrick, "More Than This" (2013). Diverse Families. 1460.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1460