It's 2001 and zombies have taken over Tom's town. Meth zombies. The drug rips through Blackwater, PA, with a ferocity and a velocity that overwhelms everyone.
It starts small, with petty thefts of cleaning supplies and Sudafed from the supermarket where Tom works. But by year's end there will be ruined, hollow people on every street corner. Meth will unmake the lives of friends and teachers and parents. It will fill the prisons, and the morgues.
Tom's always been focused on getting out of his depressing coal mining town, on planning his escape to a college somewhere sunny and far away. But as bits of his childhood erode around him, he finds it's not so easy to let go. With the selfless heroism of the passengers on United Flight 93 that crashed nearby fresh in his mind and in his heart, Tom begins to see some reasons to stay, to see that even lost causes can be worth fighting for.
Edward Bloor has created a searing portrait of a place and a family and a boy who survive a harrowing plague year, and become stronger than before.
Genre: Historical
It starts small, with petty thefts of cleaning supplies and Sudafed from the supermarket where Tom works. But by year's end there will be ruined, hollow people on every street corner. Meth will unmake the lives of friends and teachers and parents. It will fill the prisons, and the morgues.
Tom's always been focused on getting out of his depressing coal mining town, on planning his escape to a college somewhere sunny and far away. But as bits of his childhood erode around him, he finds it's not so easy to let go. With the selfless heroism of the passengers on United Flight 93 that crashed nearby fresh in his mind and in his heart, Tom begins to see some reasons to stay, to see that even lost causes can be worth fighting for.
Edward Bloor has created a searing portrait of a place and a family and a boy who survive a harrowing plague year, and become stronger than before.
Genre: Historical
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Hardback Editions
September 2011 : Hardback
| Title: A Plague Year Author(s): Edward Bloor ISBN: 0-375-85681-1 / 978-0-375-85681-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2011 : Library Binding
| Title: A Plague Year Author(s): Edward Bloor ISBN: 0-375-95681-6 / 978-0-375-95681-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
November 2012 : Paperback
| Title: A Plague Year Author(s): Edward Bloor ISBN: 0-375-84609-3 / 978-0-375-84609-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Ember Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
September 2011 : Kindle edition
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