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S.A. Bodeen
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S.A. Bodeen is the author of the acclaimed YA novels The Compound, The Gardener, The Raft, and The Fallout. She is also the author of the Shipwreck Island series for middle grade readers. Raised on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania, an experience which... show more

S.A. Bodeen is the author of the acclaimed YA novels The Compound, The Gardener, The Raft, and The Fallout. She is also the author of the Shipwreck Island series for middle grade readers. Raised on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania, an experience which inspired her to write Elizabeti's Doll, her first award-winning picture book. She has a BS in education, an MFA in writing, and has lived in eight states, two African countries, and on a remote Pacific atoll. She currently lives in the Midwest and travels the country doing school visits.
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Birth date: August 06
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sunsetxcocktail
sunsetxcocktail rated it 9 years ago
Despite my initial absolute disdain for the main character, this turned out to actually be a pretty good read. It read very much like a teen horror movie. It tells the story of 17 year old Olivia Flynn, who at such a young age has already become an international best-selling author with a YA trilo...
Breathing Books
Breathing Books rated it 9 years ago
**SPOILER FREE** This book just really wasn't for me. Basically, Eli and his family have lived in an underground compound for six years. His dad built this compound in the event of a nuclear war. No luxury was forgotten. He built an underground mansion. Eventually, some problems occur with thei...
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Read All The Things! Reviews rated it 10 years ago
Survival stories are one of my favorite genres, and I haven’t read one in years, so I knew that I needed this book as soon as I saw the cover.The narrator, Robie, is on a cargo flight from Hawaii to Midway Atoll when her plane crashes into the ocean. Robie and the co-pilot, Max, are the only survivo...
Yvette - Bookworlder
Yvette - Bookworlder rated it 10 years ago
An interesting YA read with a protagonist that has lived for six years in a rather luxurious fall-out shelter with his family. Suffering from survivors guilt and fully aware that he is not the nice twin, Eli is just beginning to question his father's motives. Having an initially unlikeable narrato...
My Never Ending List
My Never Ending List rated it 11 years ago
Robie leads a sheltered life; away from people her own age and away from television out on a group of islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with her parents. For a teen, that has to be hell or close to it, but Robie makes the best of it knowing that in a few years she will leave the islands an...
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