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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9781416939214 ISBN: 1416939210 Label: Simon Pulse Manufacturer: Simon Pulse Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: July 10, 2007 Publisher: Simon Pulse Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Simon Pulse Editorial Review: Product Description: Is anyone out there? Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no evidence of any other survivors. But the smoke from a distant campfire shatters Ann's solitude. Someone else is still alive and making his way toward the valley. Who is this man? What does he want? Can he be trusted? Both excited and terrified, Ann soon realizes there may be worse things than being the last person on Earth. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - GREAT bookI loved this book as a teenager. Buying it again for my teen son. I hope he reads it because of the cool cover. Rating: - ~ Book Reviews By Bobbie ~ EXCELLENT BOOK!!! Ann Burden is left to fend for herself. While her neighbours and family leave Burden Valley and head to Ogdentown to look for survivors Ann is left at home. She is devastated when they never return. The war has severed communication to the outside world and eventually all electricity is cut off. Surviving the war was the easy part and now... **To read the rest of the Book Review, please go to my blog, ~ Book Reviews By Bobbie ~ http://ablaze232323-bookreviews.blogspot.com/ Rating:  - HauntingWhen I first read this, I was totally and deliciously creeped out. I already knew O'Brien had a talent for nabbing a bit of sci-fi and throwing it into an opposing world. It all winds up being utterly horrifying and I guess I can't help but like it.Instead, this time, of working with cute little forest animals NIHM-style, O'Brien takes on the apocalypse, a sleepy valley that has pretty much survived the end of humanity and is now ready to for a little Twilight Zone-ish last-man-on-earth excitement.This book is ... Read More Rating: - Great book!Ordered the book for my son's class project. It would have taken a week to get it from the local bookstore since they did not carry it. He loves the book and I will read it as soon as he is done. Rating: - Courtesy of Teens Read TooSixteen-year-old Ann Burden has been living on her own for a year, since the nuclear bombs turned everything surrounding her little valley into a wasteland, and her parents drove out to find other survivors... and never came back. Knowing she may be the only person left, Ann struggles with her loneliness and tends to the farm as best she can. But then a man comes over the hills in a protective suit and arrives in the valley. At first he provides Ann with welcome companionship, but as he recovers from a bout ... Read More |
