The Age of Miraclesby Karen Thompson Walker
reviewed by Christina Costanzo
The Age of Miracles written by Karen Thompson Walker, is a science fiction book about how “the slowing” is affecting a 10 year old girl’s life. Julia is in the middle of her middle school experience when the world finds out that the Earth’s rotation is slowing. Day by day the Earth rotates slower and the days get longer. “The slowing” causes many physical problems universally, but it is the personal problems that make to story.
As if middle school isn’t hard enough, once Julia hears about the slowing her world turns upside down. When her best friend, Hannah moves away, Julia has to take on bullies and family problems by herself. The Age of Miracles is a coming of age story in a sense that Julia is finding herself and how to survive in the new light cast upon the world.
Religion and beliefs seem to be reoccuring themes in this novel. Many Mormons moved the Utah thinking that Jesus was coming to save the world. In Julia’s class they discuss their different beliefs and what they believed was happening. Julia’s grandfather also goes on about how he thinks that “the slowing” is a government experiment.
One thing that I disliked about The Age of Miracles is the fact that I think that the content is a little mature for Julia to be a 10 year old middle schooler. I feel that Julia’s problems would have been more believable if she were in high school. There were many times when I was just shocked of even thinking about a 10 year old doing some of the things mentioned.
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