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Downsiders

Downsiders

a novel
FantasyYoung Adult
Pages
244
Published
1999
Language
English

Synopsis

Fourteen-year-old Lindsay discovers a hidden community, the Downsiders, living in the abandoned subway tunnels beneath New York City. She befriends Talon, a boy from this secret world, and together they try to bridge the cultural divide between their two vastly different societies.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

AdventurousThought-Provoking
Coming of AgeFish Out of WaterBetrayal

Genres

Fantasy Young Adult

About the author

N
Neal Shusterman

Neal Shusterman (born November 12, 1962) is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for the Unwind Dystology and the Arc of the Scythe trilogy (Scythe, Thunderhead, The Toll). He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and later spent his final two years of high school in Mexico City. He won the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for Challenger Deep and the 2024 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime contribution to writing for teens.

Characters

LindsayProtagonist
TalonProtagonist
All characters in Downsiders