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A Matter of Days
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Amber Kizer (Goodreads Author)
On Day 56 of the pandemic called BluStar, sixteen-year-old Nadia's mother dies, leaving her responsible for her younger brother Rabbit. They secretly received antivirus vaccines from their uncle, but most people weren't as lucky. Their deceased father taught them to adapt and survive whatever comes their way. That's their plan as they trek from Seattle to their grandfather...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
June 11th 2013
by Delacorte Press
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It’s been 56 days since the outbreak of the Bluestar plague when sixteen year old Nadia’s mother dies. Leaving her to take care of her eleven year old brother Rabbit in a town where they are the only survivors, due to special shots given to them by their Uncle Bean to protect them from the virus.
Alone in this new, lawless world their only hope of survival is to travel east acro...more
It’s been 56 days since the outbreak of the Bluestar plague when sixteen year old Nadia’s mother dies. Leaving her to take care of her eleven year old brother Rabbit in a town where they are the only survivors, due to special shots given to them by their Uncle Bean to protect them from the virus.
Alone in this new, lawless world their only hope of survival is to travel east acro...more
This book was good. I liked bit but I can't say I loved it. The whole book was more like a diary, in my opinion, but it's not. I felt like it was something too real to be a book. Like if a disease broke out I think this is what survivors would actually be like, but on a larger scale. Compared to other apocalyptic books, this one is fairly mild. There are some gory scenes but not too much. I felt like a stranger looking; I did not bond with the characters in any way so that disappointed me. I fee...more
Nadia and brother, Rabbit, must follow the plan set forth by their Uncle Bean once the disease, BluStar, has been unleashed on the world. Already with a plan in place, Nadia and Rabbit must set out on a cross-country journey to their Pappi’s secluded bunker where Uncle Bean will also be waiting. Rabbit uses survival skills taught by their father, who died in combat years earlier, and Nadia uses his words, “be the cockroach”, to make necessary decisions as they are pursued by fellow survivalists,...more
A Matter of Days is a realistic survival story that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where a virus has wiped out almost all of the world population. Nadia and her younger brother Rabbit (Rabbit being a childhood nickname that stuck) have the good fortune of being better prepared for survival than most thanks to the mentoring of their father and Uncle Bean, and they have a destination. I like how the story tackles the impact of the virus on people through the portrayal of how Nadia and Rab...more
I love plague novels, so I want to endorse this novel with all my heart. While the action in the beginning is fantastic, with Nadia and her brother bravely tromping across the country in search of their uncle, the novel starts to become all too predictable, and ultimately ends exactly as you expect it to, wrapped up in an irritatingly neat little bow at the end. I've been longing for a YA version of The Stand. This isn't it.
Loved every page
Reviewer #4 is reading.
I really liked reading about Nadia and Rabbit and how they were able to survive. I loved that they kept spouting tidbits from their father and uncle. It seemed like they knew more than they realized. I found the people that they met along the way interesting. Much like real life, there were good people and there were bad people. Books like this make you wonder how you would react and cope in situations like this.
Review to come in LMC.
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Amber Kizer is not one of those authors who wrote complete books at the age of three and always knew she wanted to be a writer. When she faced a rare chronic pain disorder her freshman year of college, she knew she was going to have to learn to live outside the box. After one writing workshop, she fell in love with telling stores and she’s still going strong. Her characters tend to be opinionated,...more
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