"Wilders (Project Earth Book One)" by Brenda Cooper (Pyr, 367 pages, in stores) There is something a little “off” about “Wilders.” It's basically an adventure tale, but it's about as exciting as an after-school special (and, one would imagine, aimed at the same audience). Brenda Cooper's jumping-off point is the popular “technology or nature” trope, but a lack of real development in either direction results in a story that ends where it began, rendering everything in between as, well, kind of pointless. Fifteen-year-old Corwyn Williams lives in a futuristic version of Earth in which people are either dutiful little citizens who live in strictly organized and controlled cities, or wild rebellious types living out in untamed nature and scoffing at the city drones.Read more on NewsOK.com