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Safekeeping - Karen Hesse
Safekeeping
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Radley’s parents had warned her that all hell would break loose if the American People's Party took power. And now, with the president assassinated and the government cracking down on citizens, the news is filled with images of vigilante groups, frenzied looting, and police raids. It seems as if... show more
Radley’s parents had warned her that all hell would break loose if the American People's Party took power. And now, with the president assassinated and the government cracking down on citizens, the news is filled with images of vigilante groups, frenzied looting, and police raids. It seems as if all hell has broken loose.Coming back from volunteering abroad, Radley just wants to get home to Vermont, and the comfort and safety of her parents. Travel restrictions and delays are worse than ever, and by the time Radley’s plane lands in New Hampshire, she’s been traveling for over twenty-four hours. Exhausted, she heads outside to find her parents—who always come, day or night, no matter when or where she lands—aren’t there.Her cell phone is dead, her credit cards are worthless, and she doesn’t have the proper travel papers to cross state lines. Out of money and options, Radley starts walking. . . .Illustrated with 50 of her own haunting and beautiful photographs, this is a vision of a future America that only Karen Hesse could write: real, gripping, and deeply personal.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781250011343 (1250011345)
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
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Karin's Book Nook
Karin's Book Nook rated it
4.0 Safekeeping
Welcome to a distant future in America where the President of the United States has been assassinated and the American People’s Party has taken over. Radley, a seventeen-year-old, was sent by her parents to Haiti to volunteer in an orphanage, but when she hears about the turmoil in America she is de...
lisa's reviews
lisa's reviews rated it
4.0
I was completely hooked from the first page of this novel about a world turned upside down. The descriptions of walking through Vermont and into Canada during political upheaval were sad, yet vivid. I read almost the whole thing in one day, and I loved the way it turned out. The only thing that b...
Word Revel
Word Revel rated it
3.0 Safekeeping
Main reason I didn't complete this book was that it was due at the library. At the same time, I doubt I intend to pick it up again to finish it.The concept of the novel is what intrigued me when I first picked it up. Photographs to accompany the writing. Perfect, no? Why else do we say a picture's w...
Lectus
Lectus rated it
1.0 Safekeeping
Seriously, I'm not going to bother.
 Stacia in Progress
Stacia in Progress rated it
2.0 Safekeeping
I watch eagerly for the next dumpster.I can honestly say that I never figured there'd ever be a time to start a review with a comment about dumpster diving. But here we are. This is what I took away from Safekeeping - where there's a will, there's a dumpster.Let's get this straight...I'm not knockin...
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