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Available
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Publication
New York : Random House, c2008.
Description
Two New Zealand teenagers receive a desperate SOS from their future selves and set out on a quest to stop an impending ecological disaster that could mean the end of humanity.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Peggy72
A suspenseful read for kids who like to puzzle things out for themselves. A little far fetched in some instances. It has been compared to the Uglies series but this is not nearly as interesting and thought-provoking as the Uglies series.
LibraryThing member JRlibrary
Tane and Rebecca receive a coded message that makes it through a gamma ray burst. When they decipher the ones and zeros, they figure out that they have been sent the winning numbers for a lottery that hasn't happened yet. They use Tane's older brother to buy a lottery ticket and they win, but in
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the meantime they discover that the message has been sent by them in the future, to them in the past, and the future Tane and Rebecca need them to help save the world. Show Less
LibraryThing member mollyreads
I read this for school. It was a little confusing but pretty interesting.
LibraryThing member BGarriock
Story based in an area I know well. Interesting set of code-like puzzles and account of how Tane and Rebecca solved them. Exciting, brings in relationship issues, environmental, some science. Some gaps in the time travel logic, and did flag towards the end.
LibraryThing member MsLangdon
Part Cb Science Fiction
Falkner, B. (2008). The tomorrow code. New York: Random House.
Rebecca, the science genius, and Tane, the artist, have been friends since they were born. One imaginative idea leads to Rebecca and Tane receiving messages from the future, but the messages must be deciphered.
The scientific explanations about how the messages from the future travel through gamma ray bursts are presented in a believable manner. However, Falkner changes the science fiction aspect from time travel to science experiments gone bad, which seems to make the story less believable.
Falkner, B. (2008). The tomorrow code. New York: Random House.
Rebecca, the science genius, and Tane, the artist, have been friends since they were born. One imaginative idea leads to Rebecca and Tane receiving messages from the future, but the messages must be deciphered.
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They soon realize that the coded messages are warning them to help save the human race. The livelihood of humanity is in jeopardy. The scientific explanations about how the messages from the future travel through gamma ray bursts are presented in a believable manner. However, Falkner changes the science fiction aspect from time travel to science experiments gone bad, which seems to make the story less believable.
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LibraryThing member beckers
Nathan Grabel
13 points
fiction
The tommrow code is a story about Tane and Rebecca who have been best freinds forever. one night they were watching the stars and the thought of sending things back from the future. Tane thought it was possible but Rebecca wasn`t positive. They got ahold of paper with
13 points
fiction
The tommrow code is a story about Tane and Rebecca who have been best freinds forever. one night they were watching the stars and the thought of sending things back from the future. Tane thought it was possible but Rebecca wasn`t positive. They got ahold of paper with
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random letters from a satilite. Tane figured out that it was mourse code. He finds out that its from themselves and they have to save the world. Show Less
LibraryThing member Fob45
A great, suspenseful story. It brings an interesting new touch to modern science fiction. At times the dialog lacks personality but other than that, The Tomorrow Code is a terrific book. I would highly recommend this book to all fiction lovers 9 years or older.
LibraryThing member KarenBall
New Zealanders Tane, Rebecca, and Tane's older brother Fatboy have discovered messages from the future -- from their future selves, which have been encoded in gamma ray bursts and recorded by NASA. The Twitter-like messages are in binary code (all ones and zeroes) and include the winning lottery
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numbers, meant to give them enough money to complete the rest of the directions which include buying a six-man submarine and survival equipment... in case they can't stop the Chimera Project. A research lab on an island off the New Zealand coast has developed some kind of biological terror that travels in a fog... something that literally evaporates people where they stand. Military help is coming from around the world, but the usual tactics aren't working. Can Project Chimera be stopped, and if not, how can the three survive to make sure their messages get sent from the future? Interesting culture, especially with Tane and Fatboy's family who are Maori, and some wild twists on scientific ideas! Good sci-fi for 7th grade and up. Show Less
LibraryThing member DavidLErickson
What would you do if you could send messages to the past and change history? How about if you screwed it up?
The protagonists, Rebecca and Tane, in this tale are 14 and best friends. They live in a modern New Zealand and via a simple descussion, are set on a path to discover that they can receive
This is a page turner, well written and plotted with very real characters and situations, except for the world wide plague, which could, conceivably happen, but not likely. Regardless, that little tidbit does nohing to detract from the story.
The protagonists, Rebecca and Tane, in this tale are 14 and best friends. They live in a modern New Zealand and via a simple descussion, are set on a path to discover that they can receive
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messages from themelves in the future. They attempt to end a world wide calamity before it begins and fail miserably. So, is that the end of the tale or not?This is a page turner, well written and plotted with very real characters and situations, except for the world wide plague, which could, conceivably happen, but not likely. Regardless, that little tidbit does nohing to detract from the story.
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LibraryThing member CharityBradford
This book was ok, the beginning drove me batty though. "in the first place," "fact one," "and for another fact", on and on to the second and third facts... But then it got better or I just stopped reading every word. Not sure.
Gave my hope that my book can be published. :)
Gave my hope that my book can be published. :)
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Physical description
330 p.; 22 inches
ISBN
0375843647 / 9780375843648