Dark Life

Dark Life is the first book in a futuristic adventure fiction and science fiction series of the same name by Kat Falls. The novel was published May 1, 2010 by Scholastic. Falls has written a sequel: Rip Tide. Scholastic has published a study guide for the books.

Publishing rights outside the USA were sold in six languages.

Plot summary
The world has been plunged underwater leaving very little land left above water. A teenage boy, Ty, has spent his entire life underwater helping his family farm their sea homestead. Ty meets a teenage girl, Gemma, from the land, who is looking for her brother. A group of sea bandits known as the "Seablite Gang" attacks Ty's homestead and he and Gemma try to capture the bandits. However, a member of the gang, Shade, turns out to be Gemma's brother. It also turns out that Shade, like Ty, has a "dark gift" that allows him to change his appearance, however Ty's dark gift is that he is able to use echo-location similar to a bat.

Awards
Dark Life was nominated for the following awards.


 * Sunshine State Young Reader Award (2011)
 * Children's Book Award (2011)
 * Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (2011)
 * Maud Hart Lovelace Award (2011)
 * Truman Reader's Award (2011)
 * Golden Sower Award (2011)
 * Buckeye Children's Book Award (2011)
 * Junior Book Award (2011)
 * Beehive Book Award (2011)
 * Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (2011)

Film adaptation
On April 5, 2010, Robert Zemeckis was set to direct the film adaptation for Disney and will co-produce with Gotham Group through ImageMovers.