It is some years since a virus killed all the adults. Now Sicily lies in ruins while the disease lies in wait, poised to claim the children as they reach adolescence. Brave, stubborn thirteen-year-old Anna looks after her brother Astor in the cottage where their mother's skeleton rests, lovingly decorated, in a locked bedroom. She tells him fearsome stories about monsters, hoping to keep him safe at home while she forages among the real hazards. Wild dogs. Gangs of savage, blue-painted kids. But then Astor starts to question Anna's version of the world, just as the blue kids are turning their attention to the cottage-and suddenly, everything will change.
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An intense and moving dystopian thriller that will grip you until the very end. As a reader you'll want to protect the children who have been left to survive in this stark brave new world. Readers of Tomorrow When The War Began by John Marsden. - Nola (QBD)
Guest, 16/11/2017
