The Compound
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S. A. Bodeen
Eli and his family have lived in the Compound for six years. The world they knew is gone. Eli’s father built the Compound to keep them safe. Now, they can’t get out. He won’t let them. The Compound is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Eli and his family have lived in the Compound for six years. The world they knew is gone. Eli’s father built the Compound to keep them safe. Now, they can’t get out. He won’t let them. The Compound is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312370152 (0312370156)
Publish date: April 29th 2008
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Pages no: 248
Edition language: English
Series: The Compound (#1)
**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...
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...
This book was good. It's about a boy named Eli whose father has created an underground shelter in case of a nuclear attack. One night Eli and his family are rushed into the shelter and the door is closed not to open again for 15 years. Eli realizes that his twin was left on the outside. After 6 ...
Gearing up for a different read, I pick up this book because the synopsis intrigued me. Being trapped in a compound for years captures me. I want to know what happen down there and most of all, I want to know how it all started. Plot: This story is really well written in dialogue and back round hi...