An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions. When it happens, Alex was hiking in the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom--a young soldier--and Ellie, a girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP. For this improvised family and the others who are spared, it's now a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer human.
Author Ilsa J. Bick crafts a terrifying and thrilling novel about a world that could be ours at any moment, where those left standing must learn what it means not just to survive, but to live amidst the devastation.
About the Author :
Ilsa J. Bick is a child psychiatrist, film scholar, former Air Force major, and now a full-time author. Her critically acclaimed, award-winning YA novels include "Draw the Dark," "Drowning Instinct," and "Ashes "(a 2011 VOYA Perfect Ten).Ilsa currently lives in rural Wisconsin, near a Hebrew cemetery. One thing she loves about the neighbors: they'revery quiet and only come around for sugar once in a blue moon.Visit her online at www.ilsajbick.com or adr3nalin3.blogspot.com and follow her on Facebook andTwitter @ilsajbick."
Review :
"[A]n impeccable sci-fi/horror balance, quick pace, and risky storytelling all live up to the jacket's promise." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
-- (10/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"Bick delivers an action-packed tale of an apocalypse unfolding, launching a trilogy with flair." --Publishers Weekly
-- (6/11/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"Bick has a winner with this series and your students, including reluctant readers, will love it." --starred review, Library Media Connection
-- (1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"Bick takes the best of post-apocalyptic, zombie fiction and adds...the exact thing that has been sorely lacking from those genres: girl power, and in a heaping dose." --starred, VOYA
-- (10/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"Splendidly paced apocalyptic zombie horror ends with a thrilling, terrifying cliffhanger and a number of unresolved mysteries." --Kirkus Reviews
-- (6/28/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"The novel is equal parts horrifying and riveting, and many teens will be compelled to devour it in one sitting." --School Library Journal
-- (10/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)
"This is an affecting postapocalyptic tale that divides its time between survival story and horror, as when readers encounter the vividly described results of the EMPs and zombie attacks." --Booklist
-- (9/15/2011 12:00:00 AM)
