Relief Map
In the heat of a stifling summer in her sixteenth year, Livy Marko spends her days in the rust-belt town of Lomath, Pennsylvania, babysitting, hanging out with her best friend, Nelson, and waiting for a bigger life to begin. These simple routines are disrupted when the electricity is cut off and...
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In the heat of a stifling summer in her sixteenth year, Livy Marko spends her days in the rust-belt town of Lomath, Pennsylvania, babysitting, hanging out with her best friend, Nelson, and waiting for a bigger life to begin. These simple routines are disrupted when the electricity is cut off and the bridges are closed by a horde of police and FBI agents. A fugitive from th
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781941040225 (1941040225)
ASIN: 1941040225
Publisher: Tin House Books
Pages no: 287
Edition language: English
Relief Map is a good story, but the plot does require a heavy dose of suspended disbelief. The entire plot hinges on events that seem exaggerated: a very small town is completely held hostage by federal agents as they search for a fugitive. No one is allowed in or out. No electricity. No phones. In ...
Technically this is fiction marketed to adults with a young adult protagonist but I think it would have some teen appeal, esp for teens who want to read fiction for adults. It is not marked with the nostalgia and looking back that a lot of FMtAwaYAP has - it is narrated in the present, and although ...
Technically this is fiction marketed to adults with a young adult protagonist but I think it would have some teen appeal, esp for teens who want to read fiction for adults. It is not marked with the nostalgia and looking back that a lot of FMtAwaYAP has - it is narrated in the present, and although ...