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Saving Emily Dickinson: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Story
IF THE WORLD WAS ENDING, WHAT WOULD YOU SAVE? APRIL 22nd-23rd, 2044: twin coronal mass ejections shear off the earth’s upper atmosphere, turning North America into an irradiated wasteland. LATE SEPTEMBER, 2046: As humanity fights extinction, London Yardley ekes out an existence on the plains of Nebraska with her reclusive father, her inventive little brother, and a golden retriever mix named Emily Dickinson. Despite her father’s warnings not to leave the perimeter, London has begun to cycle the country roads late at night, desperate to escape the isolation and pointlessness of her life. Not until pirates steal Emily Dickinson does she begin to map those roads, setting out on a quest that will put her on a collision course with evil.
310 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 7, 2018
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August 13, 2018
John Beecham's "Saving Emily Dickinson" is the dystopian YA novel we didn't know we needed. As a former middle-school English teacher, I can say with certitude that my students would have loved reading this novel, as they formed attachments to the characters and were hit with surprise after surprise as the novel unfolds.
The storyline is continuously moving, and its detail and explanations allow the reader to easily suspend disbelief with regard to the futuristic technology in the novel. As for character development, London Yardley and the rest of the entourage of characters are so well-developed that you feel like you know them from their very first introductions. Their problems are real, and they aren't overblown or undervalued. Beecham even gives Emily Dickinson, the dog, a voice--and he uses it in the most touching of moments in a way that isn't pandering or silly.
Beecham doesn't talk down to his YA audience by writing a simplistic story with baseless emotions. Instead, he spins his yarn into a story they surely will be drawn into and hooked--a constantly evolving, emotional journey through dystopian Nebraska, filled with action, drama, pure love, and a girl on a mission. If they're anything like me, they won't put the book down.
The storyline is continuously moving, and its detail and explanations allow the reader to easily suspend disbelief with regard to the futuristic technology in the novel. As for character development, London Yardley and the rest of the entourage of characters are so well-developed that you feel like you know them from their very first introductions. Their problems are real, and they aren't overblown or undervalued. Beecham even gives Emily Dickinson, the dog, a voice--and he uses it in the most touching of moments in a way that isn't pandering or silly.
Beecham doesn't talk down to his YA audience by writing a simplistic story with baseless emotions. Instead, he spins his yarn into a story they surely will be drawn into and hooked--a constantly evolving, emotional journey through dystopian Nebraska, filled with action, drama, pure love, and a girl on a mission. If they're anything like me, they won't put the book down.
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