Black Helicopters
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781469274706 (1469274701)
Publish date: March 12th 2013
Publisher: Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Teen,
Science Fiction,
Realistic Fiction,
War,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Dystopia,
Suspense,
Terrorism,
Dark
What a surprising little book. Leaves a lot for the reader to decide and interpret. It's shortness could leave something to be desired for some, but I felt it actually added to the bleak atmosphere. Every word had to count. Taut, fascinating, and intense. About a teenage suicide bomber, and w...
To be honest, my reading of this book probably suffers from the fact that I read it immediately after The Different Girl. Which begs the question, if I had read in a different order, if I had read other books in between, would I feel differently? Although the voice is strong, it doesn’t quite come t...
Valley and her brother Bo have been raised by their survivalist father. Away from civilization. Distrustful of government. They witness their mother's death at the hands of Those People in the black helicopters. Most of America is oblivious to the existence of the black helicopters, but Da, Valley, ...
***Note: this review assumes that you've read the book.*** This book is a punch in the gut. Another reviewer has said (remarking on Woolston's bravery, I think), "This book doesn't care whether you like it," and it's true, in the best way. I think it's also true of Woolston's previous book, Catch ...
wow - don't know how I feel about this yet. 3? 3.5 stars? i just don't know....