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1. [Mobile library] Fixed Fixed Beth Goobie ePub | *DOC | audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF #6954182 in Books 2005-03-01 2005-03-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 7.50 x .90 x 5.00l, .82 Binding: Library Binding294 pages | File size: 77.Mb Beth Goobie : Fixed before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Fixed: Nellie Joanne Kinnan is an Advanced Cadet in the Black Core Program at the Detta training center. Weapons and violence are second nature to this twelve-year-old, but she is never exactly sure what it is she is being trained for.

2. Nellie is a dedicated and skilled cadet. She knows she wants to serve the Goddess and the Empire. But there is so much that she doesn't understand. When a weapons training session brings her face-to-face with her twin, Nellie's world is thrown into turmoil. Suddenly she questions her commitment to the violence that has dominated her young life. As she slowly learns to trust her rebellious twin, she comes to realize that much of what she has been taught about life in both the Interior and the Outbacks is not true. Faced with this reality, Nellie must find new weapons and new strength in her struggle to continue to serve the Goddess. From School Library JournalGrade 6-9Nellie, 12, lives in an unnamed world where she studies at Detta, training in the elaborate underground institution, darting through a lethal obstacle course, and worshipping the Goddess Ivana. She is one of Detta's top students and helps carry out terrorist attacks on the Outback populace at the behest of The Goddess (and her supervisors). She struggles to keep her mysterious dreams secret from the institution's smarmy, intrusive analyst, Dr. Wescott. Detta uses shocks and other mind cleanse treatments to keep the students docile, devout, and uninformed. When her twin suddenly appears in the maze, Nellie is forced to realize just how many memories have been shocked out of her system. She is slowly able to peel away the layers of lies that are her life; her strength comes from unexpected places, and her abilities, both those nurtured and those hidden, help her bring about a resolution that ends this particular story but opens the door for a third book. This is a sequel to Goobie's Flux (Orca, 2004), though it stands alone for the first half. Some of the later-half explanations are difficult to grasp and may work better for those who have read the previous title. The first part of the book is a little lengthy; it becomes repetitious to watch Nellie do something and then erase her memory but Goobie's world building is fascinating and faultless.Sarah Couri, New York Public Library Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.From BooklistGr. 8-11. Nellie, the intriguingly unreliable narrator of this companion to Flux (2004), is a model cadet at Black Core Academy, a sinister agency that frames murder and terrorism as "dedicated to an elite holy purpose." The novel's first half focuses on Nellie's "bewildering and mind-jerking life," while the second half finds Flux's heroine, Nellie's long-forgotten twin, trapped in the training compound as well. Intervention from her worldly sister helps loosen the grip of institutionalized mind control, but Nellie desperately clings to her known reality, allowing readers' sympathies for her to remain interestingly conflicted throughout. As in Flux, parallel worlds and doppelgangers have roles to play, and the difference between being "fixed" in one plane of existence and being able to pass fluidly between planes ("flux") emerges as a major theme. Adept with knife, stun gun, and martial arts, Nellie perpetrates violent acts that will take many readers aback, and a confusing conclusion dense with New Age jargon disappoints. Even so, fans of writers such as William Sleator will find that Goobie's mind-bending setup provides enough momentum to propel them to the end. Jennifer MattsonCopyright American Library Association. All rights reserved "...pulse-pounding action..." (VOYA 2005-06-01)"Goobie's pace is fast and furious....impossible to put down." (CM Magazine 2005-06- 24)"...dark, complicated, and brilliant....every bit as sophisticated as any adult fantasy/SF..." (KLIATT 2005-05-01)"A dramatic and compelling read." (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 2005-03-28)"A fascinating and dark story." (Puget Sound Council 2009-09-01)