Point of View

This story is told from the point of view of an omniscient third-person narrator. This narrator knows the memories, thoughts, and emotions of all the characters. While Tim and Luke are main characters, there are other characters for whom the narrator speaks, including Kalisha, Avery, Sigsby, Maureen, and Stackhouse. This point of view is ideal since there is so much action happening in so many different places. It would be impossible to tell the entire story through the voice of a first-person narrator because the story impacts so many different people. While the story does focus on Luke and the other children impacted by the Institute, the story is more of generalized good versus evil instead of focusing on one particular character. In fact, the story focuses on the group cooperation required to allow Kalisha, Nicky, George, and Helen to survive the destruction of the...