Playground: a novel
(Large Print)
Author:
Published:
[Waterville, Me.] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Desc:
641 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Status:
Description
"Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world's first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane's work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough. They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity's next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea."--Back cover.
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Location
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LP Powers
On Shelf
Hamden/Miller New Adult Large Print
LP/FIC/POWERS
Due Jun 30, 2025
North Branford/Smith Adult Large Print Fiction
New Large Print Fiction Powers
Due Jul 17, 2025
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LTE F POWERS
Due Jul 19, 2025
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781420517576
Notes
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"Twelve-year-old Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world's first aqualungs. Ina Aroita grows up on naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home. Two polar opposites at an elite Chicago high school bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game; Rafi Young will get lost in literature, while Todd Keane's work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough. They meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, whose deposits of phosphorus once helped to feed the world. Now the tiny atoll has been chosen for humanity's next adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out onto the open sea."--Back cover.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Powers, R. (2024). Playground: a novel. Large print edition. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Powers, Richard, 1957-. 2024. Playground: A Novel. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Powers, Richard, 1957-, Playground: A Novel. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Powers, Richard. Playground: A Novel. Large print edition. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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