My son really liked this series, so I listened to the audio of the first one. The audio book had a lot of background music and other sound effects that I found to be distracting. But the story itself was fairly interesting and it certainly left you hanging for the next book.

I enjoyed this tale of suspense, mystery, and lots of climbing up and down. The story follows the life of Edgar, a boy living in a 3-tiered world, and his journey to uncover answers to the new strange goings on in his small environment. Much of the underlying themes of the book involve the consequences wasting of the Earth's resources, the work of machines and industry destroying the planet, and other similar topics often covered in post-apocalyptic science fiction. I really like the creativity of the story's setting; it sounds like something I might come up with if I ever wrote a book :)

I would recommend this book to older children, teens, and young-at-heart adults alike!

My sister has been dying for me to read this book, and I finally did. Actually, I listened to it on an audiobook, which I've had problems with trying to be immersed in audio books before, but I didn't have a problem with this one. Very good, engaging story. Well written with enough descriptive detail to put you in the world and see the characters and the descriptions never got in the way. All of the characters were distinct and unique. I particularly am fond of Isabel on the protagonist side and Lord Finneas on the antagonist side. I can't wait to see how the story concludes in part 2 and 3.

Good read :)

Don't really know what I would review this book bc I just remembered that I read it over 3 years ago. I remember not hating it tho I honestly barely remember anything about it.

Fantastic sci-fi for kids and very enjoyable for adults too!

The first in a kids' series called Atherton, about a future world created to rescue human beings from Earth by creating a world on a man-made satellite. Mad scientists, cliff-climbing, rabbits-sheep-and-figs, and planned communities. Pretty fun.

This was a very interesting book, I enjoyed slowly learning new facts about Atherton as the book progressed, and I cannot wait to read the next book!

I'm reading this out loud with my kids. It's pretty good!

Really unique, gripping, and very well-written!

had to read for REACH in 5th grade. came to love the book