(Viking Books for Young Readers) In David Arnold’s new young adult (that adults will also enjoy) post-apocalyptic survival story, a young woman and her dog set out on a quest, “roaming hillsides and ruined cities, foraging for supplies, operating on the fringes, trying to put their little piece of the world back together again.” Swarms of flies, infected with a deadly flu, have decimated the planet, leaving behind small bands of survivors who are trying — each in their own way — to live, to survive, to grow … (read more)
