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In 2007, a small band of children have joined together in a Florida town, trying to survive in a world where it seems that all the adults have been killed off by a catastrophic virus.Tags
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This trilogy started out very promising with the first book. It had good story development and exceptionally good character development.
It was quite readable, and I enjoyed it. However, the third book in the series was such an unbelievably poor conclusion to such a promising start, that you should avoid disappointment and not even start this book.
It was quite readable, and I enjoyed it. However, the third book in the series was such an unbelievably poor conclusion to such a promising start, that you should avoid disappointment and not even start this book.
Excellent. Quick read. Want to know what’s going to happen to these kids. Had to read all three without stopping!!!
A plague has killed all the adults. Many children have died due to hunger and lack of care. A few survived, however, banding together to function as a kind of family. Then one more arrives - and starts them on a journey to discover what is going on.
Thought provoking for teens concerning solving problems and how to handle trouble.
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Main Character is aged 10-19
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Author Information
44+ Works 5,134 Members
Jennifer Armstrong, a noted author of historical fiction, including "Black-Eyed Susan" & "The Dreams of Mairhe Mehan", lives in Saratoga Springs, New York. (Publisher Provided) Jennifer Armstrong was born in 1961 in Waltham, Massachusettes. When she was two, her family moved to New York State. They also lived in Switzerland for a year. Armstrong show more attended Smith College where she majored in English and American Literature. She graduated in 1983. After college, Armstrong worked for a publishing company in New York City. She quit to write full time. Armstrong has written over 50 books for kids and teens. She is the winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World. Many of her books have been designated as Notable Books by the American Library Association and the International Reading Association. Armstrong also won the Knickernocker Award from the school librarians of New York. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Nancy Butcher has written on health and wellness subjects for WholeHealthMD.com and other websites
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- Canonical title
- Fire-Us: The Kindling
- Important places
- Florida, USA
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Tween, Teen, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .A73366 .K — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 168
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- 195,330
- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
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- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
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