Author: Jeff Hirsch
Publisher: Clarion Books / HMH Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Clarion Books / HMH Books for Young Readers
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Genre: Young Adult Speculative / Contemporary
Genre: Young Adult Speculative / Contemporary

Seventeen-year-old Cardinal has escaped the virus that ravaged his town, leaving its victims alive but without their memories. He chooses to remain in the quarantined zone, caring for a group of orphaned kids in a mountain camp with the help of the former brutal school bully, now transformed by the virus into his best friend. But then a strong-willed and mysterious young woman appears, and the closed-off world Cardinal has created begins to crumble.

As Card, our main character tries to protect those he care about, what memories will hold him back? And what memories he wish he'd forgotten, and can he? I was intrigued enough to have kept turning the page. Comic fans will appreciate the references and in-plot comic that relates to Card. Though I do see the plot somewhat stable, there are minor climaxes that creates interest all the way to the end. I'm not too surprised by the end, but does it not seem too forlorn? With that said, it's possibilities that I find open-ended and makes this worthwhile.
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Here are some things about me.
I live in an extremely Brazilian
section of an extremely Greek neighborhood—Astoria, Queens, which is just to
the right of Manhattan. (That's as you face Manhattan. If you were, say, lying
on your back in the middle of Central Park with your head in a northerly
position, we would be to your left) I live there with my wife who has a blog
and our two cats who do not. One day I hope to have a very large dog that I can
name Jerry Lee Lewis.
I used to write plays (I actually
have an MFA in it, which is currently number 8 on US News and World Report's
annual list of the top twenty most useless masters degrees) and now I write
books for teens. I've written two. One was about a girl who wanted to be a rock
star and could graciously be called a learning experience.
The second, is The Eleventh Plague
and it comes out Sept. 1, a fact I still find pretty amazing.
Registration open #ChristianFictionReadersRetreat! Meet authors + #Giveaways + #BookSwag. https://t.co/pkdCyjhYTa pic.twitter.com/auDISqiZzh— Just Commonly (@JustCommonly) May 5, 2016
I would love to read this book.
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ReplyDeleteI have found my imagination captured without even trying. Knew nothing about this book other than its cover logo, but now I want to get and read it!! Thanks, Kara S
ReplyDeleteMy memory is really weak! I'm interested in reading this book to see how memory plays a part.
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