A BETTER WORLD

SARAH LANGAN

A Better World by Sarah Langan is a compelling dystopic novel that conveys a foreseeable and desirous new world of social order where everything is perfect if you are, too. Linda, Russell Farmer-Bowen, and their two children have moved to Plymouth Valley, an idyllic company town where everything is exemplary. The environment is pristine, the schools are outstanding, and, best of all, everything is free. The trick is gaining admittance to Plymouth Valley and adapting to its quirks, which, when accomplished, make Plymouth Valley like Nirvana. Everybody gets what they want and more, defying consequences for ethically questionable actions to achieve their goals. Children and adults are lured into a spooky, irresistible community that looks like a perfect world. But the ramifications of citizenship in Plymouth Valley are as terrifying as they are alluring. Sarah Langan's A Better World perfectly destroys the idiom that"the grass is always greener on the other side."