Laybourne, Emmy Monument 14: Sky on Fire, 215 pgs. Feiwel
and Friends, 2013. Language - PG (44 swears, 0 "f"), Sexual Content -
PG-13; Violence - PG-13;
Dean and Alex have been separated in this desperate
time. Dean stays at Greenway with Astrid and Chloe because of their type O
blood while Alex leaves in the school bus with Niko and the other kids to go to
the airport where they believe they can find help for Brayden and their
parents. Neither brother knows how the other is. All they can do is survive and
hope the other is doing likewise.
This is a book you cannot understand without
reading the first one first. Unfortunately, neither book is all that great.
While the disaster is unique (a gas leak that gives various symptoms based on
blood type) and the conflicts that come from living without adults in a
superstore is a fun concept, the sexual content and gore are a turn off.
Furthermore, the solutions that come in the last twenty pages came too easily.
The compliance of the adults at the airport to the kids wasn't
believable--there would have been more resistance. Overall it was an
entertaining story, but you can take my word for it and read a different book.
HS - OPTIONAL. Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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