I was recently wondering this about two new books that are really similar: Fallen
by Lauren Kate and Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick. Both are about girls who are
helplessly drawn to fallen angels at school with life and death hanging in the
balance. It struck me as odd just how alike they are. But unlike the
Haddix/Village question, these two came out at the same time. I've read Fallen,
but not the other yet- has anyone read both?
Genevieve
Genevieve Gallagher
Librarian
Charlottesville High School Charlottesville, VA
gallagg1@ccs.k12.va.us
>>> "Meintz, Nicole" <MeinN@COLDWATERSCHOOLS.ORG> 1/4/2010 2:24 PM >>>
Hi all-
I'm throwing out ideas.
I was looking at the book Running Out of Time by Haddix, about a girl who lives in
a frontier villiage-or so she thinks until her mother tells her it's really 1996
and that there is medicine out there for the diphtheria outbreak going on in the
village.
Just that part of the story reminded me a lot of The Village, a movie by M. Night
Shyamalan, in which people live in a 1800s village, but actually live in the
current time. And when someone needs medical attention... you get the idea.
The differences? In the movie there's a scary monster keeping all the villagers
within the borders of the land the village is on. In the book it talks about the
main character going out in the 1996 world and finding medicine for the sick
villagers. Yet the premise of these stories have so much in common that the
copyright hairs on the back of my neck started standing up.
Can you think of any other stories that have striking yet unintentional
similarities?
TIA!
Nicole Meintz
Teacher/Librarian
Legg Middle School
Coldwater, MI
Meinn@coldwaterschools.org
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