Green Mountain Book Award
2013 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
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Incarceron is a prison unlike any other: Its inmates live not only in cells, but also in metal forests, dilapidated cities, and unbounded wilderness. The prison has been sealed for centuries, and only one man, legend says, has ever escaped.
Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, can't remember his childhood and believes he came from Outside Incarceron. He's going to escape, even though most inmates don't believe that Outside even exists. And then Finn finds a crystal key and through it, a girl named Claudia.
Claudia claims to live Outside—her father is the Warden of Incarceron and she's doomed to an arranged marriage. If she helps Finn escape, she will need his help in return. But they don't realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost far more than they know.
BECAUSE INCARCERON IS ALIVE.
Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, can't remember his childhood and believes he came from Outside Incarceron. He's going to escape, even though most inmates don't believe that Outside even exists. And then Finn finds a crystal key and through it, a girl named Claudia.
Claudia claims to live Outside—her father is the Warden of Incarceron and she's doomed to an arranged marriage. If she helps Finn escape, she will need his help in return. But they don't realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost far more than they know.
BECAUSE INCARCERON IS ALIVE.
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Iowa Teen Award
2013 · Young Adult · Nominee
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2012 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2012 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2011 · Audiobook · Recommended
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2011 · Fourteen and Up · Recommended
Florida Teens Read
2011 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Isinglass Teen Read Award
2011 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Tayshas Reading
2011 · Young Adult · Commended
Texas Lone Star Reading List
2011 · Young Adult · Commended
Cybils
2007 · Fantasy/Sci-Fi/YA · Finalist
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