"Be the cockroach." This was the advice given to sixteen year old Nadia and her younger brother, Rabbit, by their special ops dad. This advice and her younger brother's affinity for the training sessions with their dad helped them survive the panic and the terrors that came after the Blustar pandemic. When their mom dies of the dreaded disease, they follow their Uncle Bean's advice to make their way to their grandfather in West Virginia. The road takes them through a lawless world of destruction, deprivation, and greed. Along the way they pick up an injured dog, a street-wise kid from LA, and a young girl abandoned in a mall. This is a "gripping, and yes, infectious tale." (Michael Northup, author of Trapped) Rabbit's ingenuity and Nadia's common sense and integrity make this a cut above most dystopian tales.
"Kindness was all we had to give in this new world."
Truman Award Preliminary Nominee 2015-16
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