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Death-Struck Year
Makiia Lucier
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Description for Death-Struck Year
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: YFT. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Boston, United States
ISBN
9780544541184
SKU
V9780544541184
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About Makiia Lucier
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.
Reviews for Death-Struck Year
Readers will be swept up in the story as Cleo builds friendships and manages to find hope amid disease and death.
Kirkus Highly sympathetic characters, a solid sense of place, and the transformation of a city under siege by an invisible assailant result in a powerful and disturbing reading experience.
Publishers Weekly ... Read more
Kirkus Highly sympathetic characters, a solid sense of place, and the transformation of a city under siege by an invisible assailant result in a powerful and disturbing reading experience.
Publishers Weekly ... Read more