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Dead water zone

Kenneth Oppel

1992125 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1992
first published
  • 1992Kids Can Press, Limited · ENGISBN 9781550741124
  • 1992Kids Can Press · 170 pages · ENGISBN 9781550740929
  • 1993Little, Brown & Company · 125 pages · ENGISBN 9780316651028
  • 2000Hodder Children's · 168 pages · ENGISBN 9780340792193
  • 2001HarperCollinsPublishers · 142 pages · ENGISBN 9780006485582
  • 2007Eos · ENGISBN 9780061234422
  • 2009HarperCollins · ENGISBN 9780061968389

For as long as he can remember, Paul has looked after his younger, weaker brother Sam. But when Sam leaves home to work as a research assistant in Watertown, he disappears into the dark folds of the city's noxious slum. When Paul goes looking for Sam in Watertown, he learns a dark secret: something in the water is changing the residents of Watertown, transforming them into something inhuman. But can Paul reach Sam before the dark waters get to him first?

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily

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