Children of the Dust (Red Fox young adult books)
Registered by discoverylover of Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on 6/23/2007
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by discoverylover from Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Saturday, June 23, 2007
One of the hundreds of books KrazyBlonde and I rescued from the dump trucks. I will read and then release this one.
Here's the blurb:
"Everyone thought, when the alarm bell rang, that it was just another fire practice. But the first bombs had fallen on Hamburg and Leningrad, the headmaster said, and a full-scale nuclear attack was imminent...
It's a real-life nightmare. Sarah and her family have to stay cooped up in the tightly-sealed kitchen for days on end, dreading the inevitable radioactive fall-out and the subsequent slow, torturous death, which seems almost preferable to surviving in a grey, dead world, choked by dust.
But then, from out of the dust and the ruins and the desolation, comes new life, a new future, and a whole brave new world.
Here's the blurb:
"Everyone thought, when the alarm bell rang, that it was just another fire practice. But the first bombs had fallen on Hamburg and Leningrad, the headmaster said, and a full-scale nuclear attack was imminent...
It's a real-life nightmare. Sarah and her family have to stay cooped up in the tightly-sealed kitchen for days on end, dreading the inevitable radioactive fall-out and the subsequent slow, torturous death, which seems almost preferable to surviving in a grey, dead world, choked by dust.
But then, from out of the dust and the ruins and the desolation, comes new life, a new future, and a whole brave new world.
Journal Entry 2 by discoverylover from Wellington City, Wellington Province New Zealand on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
I enjoyed this short read. Was a nice break from doing uni readings!! The book is written in 3 parts: around the time of the bomb falling, told by Sarah, a teenager, then it moves to after the bomb has fallen, which is told by her fathers other daughter, Ophelia. It then moves to Ophelia''s son, Simon. I think that this shows the after effects of the bomb really well, as we get the immediate after effects, and then the more far reaching effects of nuclear fallout.
I had to laugh in one of my tutorials yesterday when we were talking about social darwinism, and I realised that this book was exactly about survival of the fittest!!!
I had to laugh in one of my tutorials yesterday when we were talking about social darwinism, and I realised that this book was exactly about survival of the fittest!!!
Picked up at this morning's meetup.
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Not a bad wee book. There was the odd moment when my inner scientist was screaming "Nooooo!!!! That's not how mutation works!!!!" and feeling sceptical about some of the more way-out plot points, but otherwise it was a good read. Took me back to high school, when the fear that global nuclear war could break out any second was very real, and this sort of book made up a large part of my reading material.
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Given to another bookcrosser at last night's meetup.
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Somehow ended up back with me after this morning's meetup, so I'll release it somewhere.
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Journal Entry 7 by futurecat at Raincliff Historic Reserve in Raincliff, Canterbury New Zealand on Monday, March 24, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (3/23/2008 UTC) at Raincliff Historic Reserve in Raincliff, Canterbury New Zealand
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES: Hanging from the fence protecting the rock drawings.
Happy bookcrossing to the finder!
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