After the End
"I have no idea what is truth and what is fiction. I'm all I've got now. I can't trust anyone."World War III has left the world ravaged by nuclear radiation. A lucky few escaped to the Alaskan wilderness. They've survived for the last thirty years by living off the land, being one with nature,...
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"I have no idea what is truth and what is fiction. I'm all I've got now. I can't trust anyone."World War III has left the world ravaged by nuclear radiation. A lucky few escaped to the Alaskan wilderness. They've survived for the last thirty years by living off the land, being one with nature, and hiding from whoever else might still be out there.At least, this is what Juneau has been told her entire life.When Juneau returns from a hunting trip to discover that everyone in her clan has vanished, she sets off to find them. Leaving the boundaries of their land for the very first time, she learns something horrifying: There never was a war. Cities were never destroyed. The world is intact. Everything was a lie.Now Juneau is adrift in a modern-day world she never knew existed. But while she's trying to find a way to rescue her friends and family, someone else is looking for her. Someone who knows the extraordinary truth about the secrets of her past.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780062225603 (006222560X)
Publish date: May 6th 2014
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Series: After the End (#1)
Well, After the End pleasantly surprised me. I wasn't a fan of it until half way through when I started to really fall in love with the two main characters of this book. It's definitely more about characterization than plot. But they're great characters. Juneau has lived with her clan in Denali, ...
I have been fortunate in the month of March. I was able to read many good books, After the End being one of them. Let's hope this good luck continues into April. What I liked: •The concept of the Yara was really cool•I like Juneau's character. She's smart and analyzes things before reacting to the...
Amy Plum introduces the reader to girl who is about to have her entire world and belief system turned up-side-down: Juneau is one of the only survivors left of WWIII. Her clan survives in the traditional was of living off the land, being one with nature and hiding from those who may have also surv...
3.7 stars- audioTricked, betrayed and abandoned Juno a young teenage girl goes looking for her family. She was raised to believe that the end of the world has basically happened and her family was all that was left. While off on a hunting trip her whole life was shaken into another realm. Everything...
A great example of how awesome two person perspective can be!!! The storyline was amazing. Something new to me at least. Girl is told of a world war 3 taking everything and given special "powers" due to being so close to nature and later finding out nothing is what she thinks :) I want the next ...