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The Compound: Book 1

The Compound (edit title/settings)

by S. A. Bodeen (Author) (edit contributors)

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When the United States is under nuclear attack the Yanakakisi family thinks they are lucky to have the Compound. Eli, Lexie, and Terese, along with their parents all make it into the underground shelter. Eddy, Eli’s twin, and their grandmother aren’t so lucky. It is six years later; Eli is now... read more

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Eli is 9 years old as he is rushed into a nuclear bunker by his father. They would have to spend the next 15 years there with his mother and two sisters. His twin brother and grand----mother couldn't make it to the bunker in time. The bunker is a secret underground bunker that is a palace with... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Eli is 9 years old as he is rushed into a nuclear bunker by his father. They would have to spend the next 15 years there with his mother and two sisters. His twin brother and grand----mother couldn't make it to the bunker in time. The bunker is a secret underground bunker that is a palace with everything that you could every imagine, yet everyone but Eli's father hates it. The first seven years go by with Eli blaming himself for his brother not making it. Eli is the only one in the compound to still work out and stay fit. He likes basketball and dislikes his sisters.
One day Eli walks into his brother's room for the first time where he sees that his brothers laptop is charged. His father had switched Eli's computer a long time ago for an upgrade. Eli opened the laptop to find of all things he was connected to the internet. He can't believe it. Soon after his father walks in and takes the laptop from him saying that it was too out of date. This is where Eli begins to distrust his father. Eli sneaks into his father's room and connects to the internet again to once again get connected to the internet; but this time his IM user name says the following friends are online: Twinyan1.
His brother Eddy who was alive? His Dad had lied to him and his sisters and mother. There was no nuclear bomb. It was all a test to see if the bunker would work. The rest of the world thought the people inside the bunker were dead. His father tries to stop the family from leaving and even tries to kill them. However Eli got the door opened early so the hidden bombs inside the compound begin their timer. Now Eli and his father run back inside, Eli gets the rest of the family and they escape. His father's fate is unknown-he may have escaped or died; it is unclear which. The book has a happy ending with the family being saved minus his father who fate is unknown!

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Eli: Our narrator, the middle surviving child of the family. Has a twin brother named Eddy. Is interested in the maths and sciences. Very shy when in the compoud, hates people touching him.
  • Lexie: The oldest of the children, gets along well with her father. Has an interest in art and ballet. Eli's 14 year old sister. Adopted but looks like the mother.
  • Terese: The youngest of the children, gets along well with her mother but not Eli. Has a english accent from compulsively rewatching Mary Poppins.
  • Rex Yanakakis: The children's father, a billionaire who made his fortune in the tech industry. Extremely involved in his work, leaving little time for his family. Helped make the compound, so his family could survive.
  • Clea Yanakakis: The children's mother, the daughter of an immigrant. A talented cellist.
  • Gram: The children's maternal grandmother.
  • Eddy: Eli's twin brother. Kind and outgoing. Belived dead by the rest of the family as he didn't make it to the compound.
  • Clementine: Terese's ragdoll cat before entering the compound.
  • Lucas: One of the "Supplements"
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  • “"I would have rather had a dad with change jingling in his pocket; one who would have spent the last forty minutes of the world raking leaves for his kids to jump in, so that they perished in one loud, bright instant, giggles still bubbling up from their bellies, never suspecting a thing. Yeah, well. Tough luck, rich boy."”
  • “" Gram's dead, Eddy's dead. Get over it. Grow the hell up."”
    Eli to terese
  • “The world ends not with bang but with a wimper”
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  • You don’t have to be loud or forceful to take up a lot of space in the world.
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  • This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.
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  • Oppenheimer himself later quoted some old text: “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”
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  • I would have rather had a dad with change jingling in his pocket; one who would have spent the last forty minutes of the world raking leaves for his kids to jump in, so that they perished in one loud, bright instant, giggles still bubbling up from their bellies, never suspecting a thing.
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  • As for the ones in the yellow room, I couldn’t say. I’d never seen them.
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  • I was surprised they left out: Place unopened pouch on ground and pee on it.
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  • I realized it was a mistake to assume gentleness was akin with weakness.
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  • July 16 wasn’t just my birthday. It was also the anniversary of the day we entered the Compound.
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  • A touch like that was meant for someone good. For someone who deserved it. A touch like that was not meant for someone like me.
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  • But I could still, for once in my life, do the right thing.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

The Compound
  • Compound: A underground bunker that Eli's dad Rex kept secret in the event of a nuclear bomb.

First Sentence edit see section history

T.S. Elliot was wrong...

Table of Contents edit see section history

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Family: All the issues families have, parents, siblings, different problems
  • Knowledge and Intuition: Throughout the book, Eli is searching for knowledge and the truth

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 2 in The Compound. (standard series)

Followed by The Fallout.

This is book 2 of 15 in 2010-2011 Iowa Teen Award. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. S. A. Bodeen (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Country: United States
Publication Date: April 29th 2008
ISBN: 978-0312370152
Page Count: 256

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.B63515 Co 2008
  • Dewey: Fiction

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

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