Death-Struck Year

Makiia Lucier (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2016
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-544-54118-4 (ISBN)

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Schools, churches, and theaters shut down. The entire city is thrust into survival mode-and into a panic. Headstrong and foolish, seventeen-year-old Cleo is determined to ride out the pandemic in the comfort of her own home, rather than in her quarantined boarding school dorms. But when the Red Cross pleads for volunteers, she can't ignore the call. As Cleo struggles to navigate the world around her, she is surprised by how much she finds herself caring about near-strangers. Strangers like Edmund, a handsome medical student and war vet. Strangers who could be gone tomorrow. And as the bodies begin to pile up, Cleo can't help but wonder: when will her own luck run out? Riveting and well-researched, A Death-Struck Year is based on the real-life pandemic considered the most devastating in recorded world history. Readers will be captured by the suspenseful storytelling and the lingering questions of: what would I do for a neighbor? At what risk to myself? An afterword explains the Spanish flu phenomenon, placing it within the historical context of the early 20th century. Source notes are extensive and interesting. A Spring 2014 Indies Introduce New Voices selection.

Makiia Lucier's journalistic skills shine in this riveting historical fiction debut. She has a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she studied literature for children. She lives in Moscow, Idaho, with her family.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.3.2016
Verlagsort	Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 203 mm
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Körper / Sexualität
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Religion / Philosophie / Psychologie
ISBN-10	0-544-54118-9 / 0544541189
ISBN-13	978-0-544-54118-4 / 9780544541184
Zustand	Neuware