Earthseed - Softcover

PAMELA SARGENT is the author of many highly praised novels for young adults and adults, including Earthseed, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has won the Nebula and Locus awards and has been a finalist for the Hugo Award and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.

Earthseed
 
Manuel suddenly climbed onto a table near the front of the room and held up his arms. He waited until the room was still, then spoke. "We'll all be going to the Hollow soon to live. That's what I want to talk to you about.
     "We have to learn how to live by ourselves," Manuel went on. "So I think Ship should shut down its sensors while we're there. We're getting too dependent on Ship. We always expect it to be there, and it keeps us from thinking for ourselves."
         Zoheret looked down. If anyone else had proposed the idea, she might have agreed easily. But Manuel had said it. He was always in trouble even with Ship watching; what would he do without Ship's vigilance?