This was the first book I read on the Sequoyah List 2016. It came highly recommended to me from my assistant. We had no idea it was going to be on the new list. I had ordered it based on reviews from School Library Journal, and I'm so happy I did. When the box arrived, she scooped it up to take home and read that night. Don't you just love getting a new book order!
This one is going to be hit with middle schoolers. It's the kind of book you enjoy talking about with others who've also read it. I would highly recommend it to those who enjoyed reading Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Both have a catastrophic event, and you can't help but look at your own surroundings differently. What if this really did happen? Would you survive?
Have I hooked you yet? Here are some more highlights of a matter of days by Amber Kizer, just in case you need a little more to take the plunge -
The story starts on day 56 of the killer BluStar pandemic. Nadia and her younger brother, Rabbit, are now orphans and must make their way across the country to their grandfather relying on survival skills taught by their father. This is a suspensful journey as these two make their way through the apocalyptic world, encountering many obstacles along the way, in the hopes of finally finding refuge. Will they make it? Is their grandfather even alive? Definitely worth reading!
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