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Orleans

by Sherri L. Smith

Survival across a sealed border

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Survival across a sealed border

In Sherri L. Smith’s dystopian adventure, a quarantined Gulf Coast has become a place of upheaval and isolation, while people outside the Delta believe its inhabitants are nearly gone. Fen de la Guerre, part of a blood tribe, is left responsible for her leader’s newborn after an ambush. Her attempt to get the baby beyond the wall brings her into contact with Daniel, a scientist from the Outer States. Their uneasy circumstances connect the book’s survival story to its broader setting: environmental disaster, political boundaries, and the communities that emerge when established systems break down.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in dystopian fiction set in a changed United States.
  • Readers who enjoy survival adventures involving unlikely companions and a mission to protect a newborn.
  • Those interested in stories shaped by environmental catastrophe, quarantine, and social change.

Themes

SurvivalEnvironmental disasterQuarantine and bordersCommunity and social changeProtection and responsibility

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Book overview

In this dystopian adventure, a young woman faces incredible odds to save the young life that was entrusted to her.

"Orleans itself is a compelling intersection of environmental chaos and human politics."--BBCB

"A riveting tale told in a striking, unique voice. You won't regret picking this one up."--Marie Lu, author of the New York Times bestselling Legend trilogy

The Delta borders have been sealed. The United States is changed forever.

After a string of devastating hurricanes and a severe outbreak of Delta Fever, the Gulf Coast has been quarantined. Years later, residents of the Outer States are under the assumption that life in the Delta is all but extinct . . . but in reality, a new, primitive society has been born.

Fen de la Guerre is living with her blood tribe in the Delta when they are ambushed. Left with her leader's newborn and determined to get the baby to a better life over the wall, Fen meets Daniel, a scientist from the Outer States. Brought together by chance, kept together by danger, they are each other's last hope for survival.
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