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 |  Coming of age, Orion struggles with the choice every Circadian must make: day or night? |
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The Night Mechanic is a Young Adult novel that takes place in the not-so-distant future, when the population of major cities has soared and the urban infrastructure, the environment, and people's well-being and comfort are all under great stress. Orion lives in the city of Circadia, where, in an attempt to decrease the effects of overcrowding, the city government has mandated that everyone must choose whether to become a Day Person or a Night Person upon turning 14. This separates the city's population into two groups, or chronotypes, who live their lives in shifts. Orion just turned 14, and he has no idea which chronotype to choose. The story follows his quest to make the biggest decision of his life so far. Along the way, he meets many people who offer him advice, including Huck the night mechanic, who appears to be the perfect role model for building the kind of life Orion can see himself living. However, as Orion gets to know his hero for who he really is, and as he delays his chronotype decision to the point of criminality, he starts to realize that the only person who can make the big decision is himself. Chapter order: "Invalid Entry"  "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" "Invalid Entry" Other important links: "Invalid Entry"
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Week 39: Fighting and the Climax October 13, 2013 at 11:09am Orion woke up as his mom was opening the door to their condo. He had slept like a baby all the way from where the dirt trail leading to the park and the beach met the city sidewalk, all the way up the elevator, and all the way down the hall. Granted... [Read more] Assignment 20: Sacrifices June 2, 2013 at 1:26pm The days passed slowly. Orion rarely watched TV or used the internet. He mostly just lay on his bed, sleeping, letting his system slowly get used to not having the sleep drugs anymore, and listening. One of his parents was always home, and they mostl... [Read more] Chapter 80: Orion Meets Zinnia October 5, 2013 at 9:14pm The next night at 1:00am, the store was empty. Not that he had much basis for comparison, but Orion felt like he had the easiest job in the world. He straightened the display of girls' tights with skulls and stripes on them, and then he unfolded ... [Read more] |
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