CHILDREN'S
Released: March 31, 2001
"An absorbing tale set against a disturbing, plausibly developed background. (Fiction. 10-13)"
A suburban family flees the breakdown of law and order following a massive natural disaster in this tense near-future tale.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2006
"Plausible science fiction with a frighteningly realistic reminder of recent tragedies here and abroad. (Fiction. YA)"
Sixteen-year-old Miranda begins a daily ten-month diary documenting the survival ordeal her rural Pennsylvania family endures when a large meteor's collision with the moon brings on destruction of the modern world and all its technological conveniences.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2007
"Moreover, the intricacy of this Western African milieu, with its multitude of shades of Islam, its contemporary and fantasy tribes and its geographical variations, is very welcome in the still mostly Eurocentric genre of fantasy. (Fantasy. 11-13)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 6, 2007
"As with classics such as 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, one can only hope that this vision of the future never becomes reality. (Science fiction. YA)"
Shusterman's Everlost (2006) dealt with death and children with a sense of innocence, redemption and even humor.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2008
"Impressive world-building, breathtaking action and clear philosophical concerns make this volume, the beginning of a planned trilogy, as good as The Giver and more exciting. (Science fiction. 11 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 14, 2009
"But despite plot holes, more angst than action and an excess of philosophical meanderings, Mary's story delivers what's important: zombie apocalypse. (Science fiction. 12-14)"
It's been generations since the zombie apocalypse, and the people of Mary's village know they are the only living people left.
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