The Classmate

Name: The Classmate
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Will McIntosh
ISBN: 9781666142327

Author: Will McIntosh

Narrator: Erik Bloomquist

Unabridged: 5 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/21/2022

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Action & Adventure, School & Education

Synopsis

Thirteen-year-old Benjamin is pulled from his old life and forced to attend a special boarding school in the middle of nowhere. That's confusing enough. Then, he's fed instructions through an earbud and thrown into etiquette classes alongside an angry, spike-covered creature. Despite wearing purple dresses and having the unassuming name of Eve, the creature is horrifying and, as Eve quickly demonstrates, dangerous.

With the help of his new friends Lorena and Persephone, Ben must overcome his own anxieties and uncover the truth about Eve's origin. But he learns that the school's agenda is much bigger than he ever thought possible. Ben needs to earn Eve's trust, and fast. The fate of the world depends on it.

About Will McIntosh

Will McIntosh is a Hugo Award winner and a winner or finalist for twelve other science fiction/fantasy awards. His most recent books include Unbreakable, a dystopian novel with a twist you will not see coming; Faller, published by Tor Books; and a middle grade book (ages nine and up) titled Watchdog, which is being developed as an animated TV series by the creators of the How to Train Your Dragon TV series, Dragons: Race to the Edge. His previous book, Defenders, was optioned by Warner Brothers for a feature film, while Love Minus Eighty was named the best science fiction book of 2013 by the American Library Association-RUSA, and has also been optioned for a TV series. Will was a psychology professor before turning to writing full-time, and still occasionally teaches Introductory Psychology at the
College of William and Mary. He lives in Williamsburg with his wife and their twins.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mr.Rainbow.Pages

📚The Classmate By Will McIntosh📚 Hi everyone, Its Christopher the reader here, The book we are here to talk about tonight is The Classmate. This was my first read of Will McIntosh's work. I would love to read more from him. I do have a copy of one of his other books which is called: 'The Future Will......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

I was given an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. Middle grade reads are not my usual fare, but I do enjoy them from time to time. I was definitely drawn to the premise of this one... kid plucked from his home to go to some secret boarding school with... a monster? Yes. This was a quic......more

Goodreads review by Tony

I am a huge fan of Hugo Award winning science fiction Will McIntosh who is equally skilled writing for adults as he is kids and young teens. His 2014 novel Defenders is easily one of my favourite ever SF novels and involves (in a roundabout way, as it’s complex and highly original) the destruction o......more

Goodreads review by Anjali

I don't often read middle grade, so I'm really pleased when I find one that is a home run. This is a strange and wonderful story about an anxious 13-year-old, Benjamin, who has been sent to a mysterious super-secret boarding school where all the children are constantly fed instructions via earbud as......more

Goodreads review by Clarence

This middle-grade novel is an expansion of Will McIntosh's 2018 novelette "What is Eve?" Middle-grade and YA books aren't normally my thing, but I really enjoyed this story when it was first published in Lightspeed, and I generally find McIntosh's writing engaging and funny, and he is skilled in mak......more