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The city is not really missing children

Gaia lives with her family outside the enclave, the rich city, there are always clean drinking water, enough food for all, and even electricity. This can also benefit people in the poor suburbs outside the wall out, have struck a deal: food and clean water against the first three children are born every month.

Gaia's mother is a midwife and therefore it is for them no question the profession to take it. From an early age she accompanied her mother, where it has raised the children to Enklavenmauer. It has this approach has never questioned. But suddenly be arrested than their parents of the enclave, Gaia begins to doubt the system. What have wrought their parents? And why the enclave desperately needs the children of the suburbs?

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My opinion

I love dystopian literature, so I am very pleased that this genre now reached more young people's literature. Gaia's story takes place sometime in the 24th Century, after an air disaster, the population apparently has seriously depleted and water is a rarity. What happened, we learn (yet).

It noted, however, that this book is also intended to include younger teens, because the attempt of a dystopia has failed completely. On the one hand, it seems the company within the enclave of callous, cold-hearted people there to watch the unscrupulous in the execution of a pregnant woman and find it right that people outside the wall to take away every month, 3 children. On the other hand, Gaia deal but almost only people who mean well with her and help her at all times willingly. Really cruel acts against it actually does not. Inveterate Dystopia fans the story will therefore be shallow, I find them to be targeted age group but very reasonable.

also made me the title and the blurb still expect a great mystery, but this was not the case. Everything is explained logically and the children are not actually "disappeared", only grow under a different name within the enclave. Do not worry, this will soon clear at the beginning and I will take nothing here anticipated. Why the enclave, the children need, but I leave you to find out myself :-) So I think the track very nice, but somewhat misleading, as suits the English title "Birth Marked" but better.

Despite this small criticism, I put down the book not just because even though the writing style is quite simple (of course at a children's and youth book), but it is very exciting and lovingly written. Gaia is likeable from the start, but also naive as a little girl, despite her sixteen years. It recognizes the atrocities of the enclave until they are out on your own. And more by happy accident, she finds out what happened to their parents. But precisely because of their innocent way you win it very quickly and looks nice and is suffering with her.

remains open, the end of history, but you can see already in the middle of the book, that Gaia's story is not over yet says. A look at the publisher's website reveals that this book is the beginning of a series. Furthermore I am very excited now and wait for the sequel, because Gaia's story holds a lot of potential, even outside the Enklavenmauern. I recommend this book for children and youth continue without reservation!


The city of missing children - Caragh O'Brien
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Heyne Verlag (January 24, 2011)
ISBN-10: 345352800X
Price: 16 , 99 €

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