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The First Year
What Would You Do If You Were The Last Person? The end of the world started with the flu that came from Asia. They nicknamed it General Tsao. No one thought much of it. Within six months, everyone was dead. Except for fourteen-year-old Hannah Barton. Hannah buried her family in graves she dug in her backyard in Detroit. With nowhere left to go, she set off for Charleston, South Carolina, where her family had once vacationed. Hannah’s trek to South Carolina takes her through the wild, terrifying, and empty landscape of America. Wild animals are everywhere, and the corpses of millions of dead human bodies become the thing of nightmares. The first year of Hannah’s solitary life is a story of survival. With no one to help her, she alone must find the basic necessities to live. In the midst of the end, Hannah tries to make a new beginning. The First Year is a vivid first-person experience through Hannah’s eyes as she learns what it’s like to be the last person on earth.
262 pages, Hardcover
Published June 23, 2022
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January 5, 2019
It was an alright book. A tad simplistic for the scope of the ideas, but enjoyable enough.
Probably my biggest gripe was that the main character, who is around 14 years old, does not sound like a 14 year old girl. It's explained away by her being quite intelligent and mature for her age, but it didn't read quite right to me.
The book also ends how you would expect it to but I'm not sure that hurts it too bad.
Probably my biggest gripe was that the main character, who is around 14 years old, does not sound like a 14 year old girl. It's explained away by her being quite intelligent and mature for her age, but it didn't read quite right to me.
The book also ends how you would expect it to but I'm not sure that hurts it too bad.
March 1, 2019
This is a great read. It's under juvenile fiction, but I'm 55 years old and am really enjoying it. Hannah is 15 years old and as far as she knows, the last survivor of a terrible epidemic. She's on a journey to survive, to discover the world, and to discover herself.
April 16, 2020
This book was INCREDIBLE. This was my second time reading it and it resonated with me even more the second time. It’s a thrilling tale of survival and apocalyptic nightmares, but it’s also a story of self-reflection. Hannah’s journey is not just one of lonely survival over a great distance, but it’s also one of the pains of growing up and the lessons learned along the way. She is a believable heroine who has very real flaws and a fascinating thought process. I HIGHLY recommend it!
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