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A thrilling tale of adventure, romance, and one girl's unyielding courage through the darkest of nightmares. Epidemics, floods, droughts--for sixteen-year-old Lucy, the end of the world came and went, taking 99% of the population with it. As the weather continues to rage out of control, and... read more
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Characters edit
- Aidan: lives in Hellgate with small community of plague survivors including his brother Sammy; meets Lucy and becomes her friend
- Lucy Holloway: only survivor of her family after the plague; surviving on her own for a year until a tsunami forces her to move to Hellgate with Aiden
- "Del" Delphina: lives in Hellgate; likes Aiden. She is very aggressive and is a good hunter. She's jealous of Lucy.
- Dr. Lessing: doctor who is trying to find a cure for the plague; works on the island. She will do anything to find Lucy.
- Grammalie Rose: eldest member of community at Hellgate
- Sammy: plague survivor; Aiden's brother; likes Del
- Henry: lives in Hellgate; was a pre-med student before the plague and does his best to be the doctor of the community; flirts all the time
- Leo: "leader" of the Hellgate community
- Mrs. Reynolds: Lucy's high school nurse; now a sweeper
- Simmons: a sweeper
- Rob: Add a description of this character.
- Beth: one of the plague survivors; lives in Hellgate
- Lucjs
- Maggie
- Ralph: one of the plague survivors; lives in Hellgate
- Jack: child who was kidnapped by sweepers; lives in Hellgate
- Kelly
- Lottie
- Connor
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First Sentence edit
Lucy hunched over the corpse and felt a tiny bubble of hysterical laughter gurgle up.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 1, 2011
ISBN: 9780545255639
Page Count: 343
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 1, 2011
ISBN: 9780545255639
Page Count: 343
Awards edit
- White Pine (Finalist, 2012: Teen Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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