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With a past too terrible to speak of, and a bleak, lonely future ahead of her, Aerin Renning is shocked to find she has earned a place at the most exclusive school in the universe. Aerin excels at Academy 7 in all but debate, where Dane Madousin?son of one of the most powerful men in the Alliance? consistently outtalks her. Fortunately Aerin consistently outwits him at sparring. They are at the top of their class until Dane jeopardizes everything and Aerin is unintentionally dragged down with him. When the pair is given a joint punishment, an unexpected friendship?and romance?begins to form. But Dane and Aerin both harbor dangerous secrets, and the two are linked in ways neither of them could ever have imagined. . . .
- Sales Rank: #1703081 in Books
- Brand: Osterlund, Anne
- Published on: 2009-05-14
- Released on: 2009-05-14
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.30" h x .70" w x 5.40" l, .60 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
From School Library Journal
Grade 8 Up—In this futuristic tale, two teens with mysterious and difficult pasts meet at the universe's most prestigious and demanding school: Academy 7. Aerin, a foreigner and fugitive slave, knows she does not belong here. Dane, the rebellious younger son of the Alliance's most powerful leader, enrolls partly to thwart his father's control over his life. From the beginning of the school term, Dane's cocky, contrary nature and Aerin's extraordinary combat and computer-savvy land them both in trouble with the school's administrator, a powerful member of the Alliance Council. Aerin, secretive and estranged from nearly all social contact, and Dane, bad-boy, rich-kid heartthrob, are unlikely allies. Each holds a key to information that could cause political repercussions throughout the Alliance, and an uneasy truce develops as they are repeatedly thrown together. The story's pacing, intrigue, and subtly romantic overtones are consistently engaging, but the use of pen and paper and easily hacked computer systems seem anachronistic, and a few futuristic details may need a strong visual imagination. Such effects hardly detract from Osterlund's impressionistic and evocative storytelling style, as the plot moves at light-speed, and the setting and characters are believable. Academy 7 is a satisfying, refreshing portrayal of two smart, desperate, and unhappy young people struggling to make sense of—and better—the world their parents bequeathed them.—Roxanne Myers Spencer, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green END
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"The story's pacing, intrigue, and subtly romantic overtones are consistently engaging...satisfying, refreshing." --School Library Journal
About the Author
Anne Osterlund lives in Ione, Oregon.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Nothing Short of Brilliant
By Karen Keyte
"The principal's next words demanded an answer. `Why did you come to this school, Dane?' He struggled to speak, but the only words that came were the truth. `To get back at my father.' `And you Aerin?' asked Dr. Livinski. `I had nowhere else to go.'
On the surface, Aerin Renning and Dane Madousin could not be any less alike. Just a couple of months ago, Aerin was a fugitive, an orphan escaping a horrific past in a flawed and failing spaceship. She had no home, no family, and no future. Dane is the rebellious second son of the Alliance's most powerful - and visible - man. He's been given every privilege in life and rejected most of them. But Dane's life has not been as comfortable or as glittering as it appears to outsiders and his father's public mask hides a man who can be cold and cruel. Like Aerin, Dane has dark secrets that he holds close and shares with no one.
As the two highest scorers on the Academy Entrance Exam (given to 16 and 17 year olds throughout the many star systems of the Alliance) Aerin and Dane are amongst those chosen to attend Academy 7, the most prestigious and challenging school in the universe. Despite the disparity in their backgrounds and the extremely competitive nature they share, Aerin and Dane overcome initial mistrust to form an unexpectedly strong friendship, and perhaps something more. But it soon becomes clear that their own closely guarded secrets are not all that threaten Aerin and Dane's growing friendship. The pair find that they are catalysts for the resurrection of old conflicts and bitter rivalries within the Alliance.
This is the second novel I have read by Anne Osterlund (the first was Aurelia) and given how much I enjoyed both, I will make sure to read everything else she writes (in fact, I am eagerly awaiting Exile, the sequel to Aurelia). Ms. Osterlund's plotting is spot-on, her stories move ahead briskly without leaving the reader with a feeling that something important has been missed out or skimmed over. Characters are the most critical part of any novel, the real driving force, and Ms. Osterlund's are carefully developed and presented as fully three-dimensional people. Aerin and Dane are real, with strengths as well as weaknesses and the reader learns enough of their pasts to feel as if he or she truly knows them. I LOVED this book. It's futuristic without getting caught up in techno-geeky details, a coming of age story that manages to avoid emotion-laden angst, and romantic without becoming obsessed with the will they/won't they/when will they questions. In other words, Academy 7 is brilliant - don't miss it.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Good read - Not overly sci-fiy
By Cheryl
In Academy 7, only 50 students of all of the planets that make up the Alliance are accepted to the prestigious school each year and, of those, only 25 move on to the second of three years. After being rescued from her lame duck ship, Aerin is administered the AAE test by the captain of the ship she is on. The test is used to determine into which school the student will be placed and Aerin is accepted into Academy 7, though she hides a secret that could get her not only into trouble with the school, but returned to the non-Alliance planet where she was a slave; she's not a member of the Alliance. Also at the school is Dane, the son of General Madousin, a high ranking official in the Alliance military and someone who Aerin thinks might be mocking her at best, threatening her at the worst.
Dane knows his father, who was away when he got into and left for school, hates Academy 7, presumably because Dane's brother, Paul, was rejected, and tells him to leave once he finds out Dane is there. Instead, Dane decides to go out his way and does something to get himself in trouble, but accidentally involves Aerin. Instead of being expelled, they're forced to work together by the school's principal, who has ulterior motives for their assignment.
I've seen a lot of reviews that say Academy 7 is sci-fi, and it is, but it's not some heavy science fiction world that is nothing like anything we know, with Star Wars type creatures. I'd say it's more of a drama than anything else. I did enjoy the book and how long it took for Dane to warm up to Aerin, and even longer for Aerin to do the same. I'm really sick of this instant droolfest that happens in too many books.
However, I did have a few problems with the book. Every once in a while some of the phrases Osterlund used just of didn't make sense, and I wasn't sure what the character who said it even meant. Also, I would've liked to have seen more of the secondary characters and had them more fleshed out, maybe had more scenes in the classroom or even outside of it, to see what the students did for fun. Same goes for the professors, they were kind of one dimensional, and the "bad girl" of their class wasn't really that bad, she just seemed like a rich snob. I also felt that there wasn't any resolution with one of the characters who should've gotten some kind of comeuppance. Finally, I thought the thing that was used to fill in blanks was a bit of a cop out. I'm not sure how those gaps would have been able to be filled in otherwise and it answered every single question with a bit too much ease (I realize this is a bit vague, but I don't want to give anything away).
Despite the fact that I thought this was a good book that could've been really good, it was a nice and fast read. I usually read paranormal/supernatural YA books and it was a really good change of pace to read one that had a sci-fi bent.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Sweet, thought-provoking, and adventurous
By ReadingFever
Sweet, thought-provoking, and adventurous; that's how I would describe Academy 7. Recommended to me by Megan from Posey Sessions (thank you!), Academy 7 has been one of the best books I have read this year. I was mislead by the cover, into thinking this would be a novel with romance as the basic plot point...but it's not. It goes so much deeper, by dealing with social issues of the future, and presenting multi-layered characters. In fact, there is very little romance in this book, just a few short and sweet moments, that both tantalize and satisfy.
The character development is good. Really good. It's what drives the story, allowing the reader to see deeper and deeper into each character as it goes along. Both main characters (Aerin and Dane) have their own share of troubles, and it is very interesting to see how they react to each situation. They seem like real people, acting in ways that are consistent with what knowledge the reader has been given about them.
The world Osterlund built is similar to other science fiction stories set in the future; there is space travel, unrest between planets, and a government that is trying to keep the peace between other planets by bringing them all under their power. There are good guys and bad guys. What is unique, is that we find out about the politics of the government by listening to the students arguing in Debate class at the Academy. This is the class that is mentioned the most in the book, and through their arguments, the reader is able to learn more about the book's current events, than in any other way. It also shows a lot about the characters, if you pay attention to the way each of them argues.
I could not put this book down. I loved it. The only thing that makes me sad, is that it is a stand alone novel. I am now extremely interested in the world and characters, and am dying for a sequel!
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