The Doomsday Kids
By Karyn Folan
Publisher: K Squared Books
Published: Mar. 26, 2014
ASIN: B00JAQH33W
Amazon Synopsis:
"Get to the Mountain
Place!"
With those words, eight kids embark on a terrifying journey to survive a massive nuclear blast that destroys the world they once knew.
In the wreckage of their community, without food or transportation, their only hope of safety is to walk to a mountain cabin almost two hundred miles away. But the journeying under gray,
With those words, eight kids embark on a terrifying journey to survive a massive nuclear blast that destroys the world they once knew.
In the wreckage of their community, without food or transportation, their only hope of safety is to walk to a mountain cabin almost two hundred miles away. But the journeying under gray,
Fifteen year old Liam Harper narrates their survival odyssey in this first book of The Doomsday Kids series.
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My Thoughts:
Liam Harper hasn’t been to public school for the last five years. His
dad has been home schooling him. But now he’s back in school, in grade ten. He’s
fifteen years old and he’s feeling awkward. How else is he supposed to feel
when his dad is a double-amputee war veteran who is always talking about the
end of the world? Then he shows up at school on the first morning of school
with his bug-out bus!
Then in the middle of class, Liam’s mom phones him and tells him to pull
his sister out of school and head to the place their dad has prepared in the
mountains. What his dad feared would happen, actually has. Nuclear bombs have
been dropped on America!
The Doomsday Kids was a great read for middle school (grade 6–8) youth.
Full of suspense and action, Liam, his sister and six other teens must work
together in order to survive. While some of them started out as friends, others
bullied Liam before the bombs.
The characters of these young people ring true as they step up to face
the challenges that they face. Beset with danger from looters, animals, facing
hunger and having to travel hundreds of miles to reach their destination these
young people learn to work together and put the needs of their companions above
their own.
The Doomsday Kids is fast-paced and action-packed. This book is both touching and heartbreaking
at times as the youth come to terms with the fact that they have likely been
orphaned in the nuclear attack.
The dialogue sounds quite realistic, and I felt like I was right there
with them listening to them argue with one another as they made their
decisions. I very much enjoyed The Doomsday Kids and highly recommend
it to all teen readers.
I gave The Doomsday Kids 4
stars out of 5. I’m looking forward to the sequel.
Thank you to the publisher via NetGalley who provided a copy of this book in exchange for
a fair an honest review. A positive opinion was not required. All thoughts are
my own.
About the Author:
Karyn Langhorne Folan graduated from Harvard Law
School and, after practicing and teaching law for several years, decided to
pursue her dream of becoming a writer. She
is the author of eighteen books, including three young adult titles, four
romance novels, several works of nonfiction. She has also been the ghostwriter
for personalities in the entertainment and music industries.
Karyn Langhorne Folan graduated from Harvard Law
School and, after practicing and teaching law for several years, decided to
pursue her dream of becoming a writer. She
is the author of eighteen books, including three young adult titles, four
romance novels, several works of nonfiction. She has also been the ghostwriter
for personalities in the entertainment and music industries.
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