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How far would you go to protect your family ? Ann Brooks never thought she’d have to answer that question. Then she found her limits tested by a crisis no one could prevent. Now, as her neighborhood descends into panic, she must make tough choices to protect everyone she loves from a threat... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Peter Brooks: Father of the main family in the story who is a PhD and works studying bird migration and the avian flu
- Kate Brooks: Oldest daughter of the family - age 13 during the pandemic
- Ann Brooks: The story of one family's struggle during a bird flu pandemic is told primarily through the eyes of Ann and her family.
- Maddie Brooks: Youngest daughter of the family - age 8 throughout the pandemic
- Libby: Neighbor and best friend of Ann and mother of Jacob
- Shazia Massri: Shazia is from Cairo, Egypt and came to America to work with Peter after reading one of his articles online about animal research.
- Jacob: Baby during the pandemic that Ann takes in
- Jodi: Add a description of this character.
- Rachel
- Smith: Husband of Libby and Jacob's father
- Frank
- Michele
- Mike
- Dan
- Beth
- William
- Liederman
- Walter Finn
- Hannah
Quotes edit
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“What next - a plague of locusts?”
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“The dark thing inside swelled and filled Ann completely.”
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“Ann's legs couldn't hold her. She slid down the length of the door an bowed her head, clenching her eyes shut and pressing her hands over her ears. The monster raged all around. She was the monster.”
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“Straggly eskers of snow marked the passage of the sun as it slanted over the roofs. Peter trudged alone, the sled scraping along the pavement behind him. It was a solitary feeling, pulling an empty sled.”
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“Antigenic shift occurs when two viruses, one avian and one human, mix together within a single host.”
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“Would you rather live forever or save someone else’s life?”
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That was another thing: Dad instead of Daddy. Maybe that was the thing he missed the most.
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Then he coughed, a deep phlegmy sound that bent him almost double. Droplets sprayed across Peter’s face.
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In 1918, a pandemic swept across the entire globe and killed fifty to one hundred million people.”
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She’d had her chance to save someone’s life. And they both knew how that had turned out.
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“She said there was a baby brother who never woke up from his nap.”
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Setting & Locations edit
- Columbus
- Ohio
- Columbus OH
- Columbus, Ohio: Where the Brooks' live.
- Cairo
- Cairo, Egypt: Where Shazia is from.
- Sparrow Lake: Where there is an infected bird population.
- Korea
- America
- Australia
- Mexico
- Minnesota
First Sentence edit
It was quiet coming home from the funeral.
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Carla Buckley (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-440-24509-4
Page Count: 406
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-440-24509-4
Page Count: 406
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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