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  • Entangled by Amy Rose Capetta
  • Alaine Martaus
Capetta, Amy Rose. Entangled. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. 330p. ISBN 978-0-544-08744-6 $17.99 R Gr. 9-12.

Growing up isolated and alone on an alien planet, seventeen-year-old Cade has had little more than constant Noise in her head for company. One night the Noise suddenly stops, and Cade learns the meaning of its cessation: Xan, a boy with whom she is entangled at a quantum level, has woken from his fifteen-year coma. A sudden, intimate connection to a boy she’s never met proves strangely comforting but problematic, especially when Xan is kidnapped by aliens, and now Cade is off on a desperate quest to save him. Along the way, she forms alliances and makes a few unexpected friends: Lee, the black-market messenger; Rennick, the outlaw alien pilot and his living ship Renna; and Ayumi, a spacesick collector of remnants from Earth. Together they make their way cautiously to a black-hole-riddled part of the universe called Hades, where they hope to unite the entangled pair. This first entry in a new series applies an intriguing scientific premise to one girl’s emotional journey, and the result is a rollicking space adventure perfect for fans of the cult-classic TV [End Page 258] show Firefly. The science is light (and sometimes specious) but it works serviceably enough as a pretext for the plot. The focus here is on action, which picks up early and never slows down, and on Cade’s gradual shift from self-defensive loner to interconnected friend and compatriot. The slang-heavy writing style is at times awkward, but the sense of a space-based vernacular strengthens the world-building and adds spice to the narrative palette. The strongest draw is the ensemble cast, a quirky, friendly, memorable crew that readers will happily follow into further adventures in expected sequels.

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