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Divided We Fall
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Divided We Fall
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Divided We Fall

Written by Trent Reedy

Narrated by Andrew Eiden

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

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From the author of Words in the Dust: an actionpacked YA novel set in a frighteningly plausible near future, about what happens when the States are no longer United.

Danny Wright never thought he'd be the man to bring down the United States of America. In fact, he enrolled in the National Guard because he wanted to serve his country the way his father did. When the Guard is called up on the governor's orders to police a protest in Boise, it seems like a routine crowd control mission... but then Danny's gun misfires, spooking the other soldiers and the already fractious crowd. By the time the smoke clears, 12 people are dead. The president wants the soldiers arrested. The governor swears to protect them. And as tensions build on both sides, the conflict slowly escalates toward the unthinkable: a second American civil war.

With political questions that are popular in American culture yet rare in YA fiction, and a plot that's both excitingly provocative and frighteningly plausible, Divided We Fall will be Trent Reedy's very timely YA debut.

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Release dateJan 1, 2013
ISBN9780545655699
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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Could you imagine being the cause of a civil war? That is exactly what Phillip is facing. How will he protect his family and himself? [Trent Reedy] did a good job creating a very possible situation and showing the consequences in [Divided We Fall]. Although the novel is fiction with a dystopian feel it is something that could actually happen, which makes it more compelling.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Definitely a book that will appeal to YA boys- the story of Danny Wright, senior from Freedom Lake High in small town Idaho, valuable wide receiver on his school's football team, long time boyfriend of cheerleader Jo Bell, & supported by fellow football buddies Cal Riccon & Eric Sweeney. Becca Wells is another lifelong friend & expert horsewoman; both she & Danny participate in the amatuer rodeos in the area, & Danny rides the bulls. He even has a vehicle nicknamed the "Beast", a cherry red '91 Chevy Blazer. What more could a 17 yr old teen boy desire? As the story opens, Danny's finishing a grueling football practice, looking forward to a "last of the summer" party at the nearby lake, contemplating asking Jo Bell to marry him, & stopping in at his dad & partner's car repair shop where he now works, & has become part owner. As his mother arrives home from work with the start of a panic attack - ones she's suffered from ever since Danny's dad died serving in US military in Afghanistan-Danny gets a phone call from his Idaho National Guard Sergeant Myers, mobilizing his unit to go to Boise & help control the growing chaos of a protest around the state capital. The crowds become violent, the Guards throw tear gas, & suddenly - Danny knows his M4 rifle accidently discharged when a rock from a protestor startled him-more chaos & shots ring out. As the protestors scatter in panic, the Guard units regroup & Danny's unit faces the stern questioning of the state's National Guard General, & Idaho Gov. Montaine. While the Guard investigates whose weapons were discharged, the governor decides he will take responsibility for the disaster & the young men are sent home. With dead protestors & some injured Guardsmen, the media have a free for all, & suddenly the incident becomes "the Battle of Boise." Within a few chapters the political tension between the governor of Idaho (who like other Idahoans sees the federal passage of a bill insituting national id cards for every US citizen as unconstitutional) & the U.S. President quickly grows into a political insurrection. (While it may seem a bit fantastical, in light of the last couple years of the U.S. political landscape, including the stalwart conservatism of Idaho, the fictional premise could be from the headlines of today.) Fast moving plot which is interspersed with tweets/text messages & partial scripts of media announcements - student readers may find their inclusion a nuisance but certainly reflects the public's viewpoints. As the "protest gone wrong" & the Governor's defiance of the US "feds" continues, one of his unit's lieutenants commits suicide, & when Danny's identified as one of the Guardsman responsible for the shooting, FBI agents arrive at his high school to take him in. His friends agree to help him escape & a wild car chase later, Danny is saved from arrest by Sheriff Crow & his police officers, who by order of the governor, have insisted the "feds" do not have the jurisdiction. Again - what teen boy would not love this storyline??: racing through town at 150 mph & after getting stopped, has the sheriff rescue him from the FBI custody, & then merely shake his hand, tell him he was a friend of his dad's, & admire his high speed finesse " 'I've never seen moves like yours, 'cept in the movies... ' " (154). Some plot developments strain the bounds of reality but the action never stops, the teenage drinking is glamourized, there's many, many involved descriptions of army & personal weapons, & the heartbreaking climax trying to retrieve his mom from Washington state with Danny, as usual, accompanied by his "posse" of good friends, all propel readers toward the last page ...and the next installment, with Idaho poised to go to war with the United States. At 373 pages, a very involved first book in a trilogy.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Danny Wright is a 17 year old. He is heading into what is supposed to be the best year of high school, senior year. He's got friends, football, and a girlfriend. He has joined the Idaho National Guard. Little did he know he would be thrown into a firestorm when he is called up for security duty during protests in the capital of Boise. When he is hit by a rock thrown by the protesters he accidentally discharges his weapon leading to a riot where multiple protesters are killed. The tension is between the federal government and the state of Idaho. Daniel is faced with life & death choices with tension mounting. Can he keep it together with JoBell? Becca? Cal? Great read based on some current political tensions and disagreements. Can't wait to read book two!!!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It began slow however, it got better. I hope this is the beginning of the series
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    What happens when we are no longer united? Read this and find out.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Please don't let the category young adult turn you off. I believe this series is great for people of all ages it is very thought provoking. Very entertaining and very well produced. I am an avid audiobook listener and this is like no other audiobook I have ever listened to, but in a great way.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This was a good read if you like this genre. I am just finishing the second book in the series and it is better than the first book. The second book reminds me of the old movie RED DAWN and I loved that movie. I would recommend this series. The author did a good job, the story was good, and the narrator was very good. I loved how they used many different voices and had radio news reporters inserted into the audio as well.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Wow! This book is really well produced and it feels real. I couldn’t stop listening!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Really good well written, likeable, believable, storyline. The narration was great!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I like the book. I grew up in Idaho. The only problem I have is the pronunciation of Boise. It is not pronounced Boize. It's Boise with an sss not a zzz. Otherwise a good book.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Awesome book that shows the overreaching power of the federal government and why they must be halted in their present build up of power
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    When Danny Wright joins the Idaho National Guard, he doesn't expect to be involved in a standoff with the U.S. Army, much less be the one who started it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This has been so popular at my school that both copies were out most of the year. I'm adding the audio to my library collection for an additional option.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Danny Wright took an oath to protect the US and his home state of Idaho when he enlisted in the national guard. When he finds himself torn between loyalty to the two, he has to make some hard choices about where he'll place his loyalty. He is part of the battle of Boise when civilians were shot and the guard was blamed. Lots of action and questions about how fragile the organization of the United States may be.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I am a retired SF operative and this book is spot on. This could happen and that is the scary part. Today we find ourselves at the Devils door and we will soon have a decision to make; vote the person who stands for Liberty or vote for a liar and criminal and allow America to end up in a civil war/revolution again.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The biggest part of what made this YA dystopian so compelling was how plausible it was. While I did not agree with all of Danny's decisions and am normally not a fan of military fiction, this really made me see the story from all sides.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I heard Trent Reedy speak at the Texas Library Association Conference. He was funny! At the end of the speech, we were given a copy of each author’s book, so I decided I would read his novel. This novel is much more appropriate to high school than middle school. It is book one of a planned trilogy. It’s a cautionary tale about what could happen if our politics keep dividing us as a country.Daniel Wright joins the National Guard because his dad died serving in the military. Daniel wants to spend his required weekends with the Guard, graduate, buy out his partner in their car repair business, get married to JoBell, and live in his hometown. JoBell, his girlfriend, wants to leave town and go to college. They are supposed to party one Friday night, but Daniel gets a call to meet his Guard unit. The Congress of the United States has passed a National ID Card law and the governor of Idaho says that his state will not recognize this new law because it’s a violation of privacy. Protests and violence erupt. The Guard is called in to help keep the peace in Boise. When a protestor throws a rock at Daniel, his gun accidentally discharges. Other guardsmen begin to fire and people end up dead. The Governor works hard to keep the guardsmen’s names secret, but Daniel’s name is released. Some people consider him a hero while others literally want to kill him for causing the violence. As the violence and tension escalates, Daniel is trapped and doesn’t have the life skills to handle everything that happens. He has a core group of friends that rally around Daniel throughout the novel.I had a hard time with this book because I’m not a military person. I believe in the necessity of a military and am thankful people feel the need to serve just as I’m thankful people go into the medical field because that’s another field I would never do. Furthermore, I am female. This is a book about a 17-year old boy who joins the National Guard. He loves guns and his friends as they drink and party. I’m not a gun person or a party person. I find him immature and unprepared for the National Guard at such a young age. He doesn’t have enough life experience to handle the situations with which he is faced. I also had trouble suspending disbelief with these situations he encounters. In one word, I sum up the book as “frantic.”