How long will the volcanic ash in the atmosphere keep the sun from shining through?
Can teens armed with determination, taekwondo skills, and dwindling supplies rescue their family members in peril?
Grab Ashfall (book 1, reviewed here) at your local library or independent bookstore so you know the whole story, then bundle up warmly to continue Alex and Darla's chilling journey through Ashen Winter on its October 8th publication date.
Gotta admit that I was a trifle nervous traveling through Yellowstone National Park a few weeks ago, seeing the steam from its thousands of "thermal features" rising up into the blue sky on a freezing morning. Glad that it's all being monitored - but will we truly have enough warning if the supervolcano threatens to blow sky-high?
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Book info: Ashen Winter (Ashfall Trilogy, book 2) / Mike Mullin. Tanglewood, 2012. [author's website] [publisher site]
My Recommendation:
The world now is all snow and questions for Alex, trying to
locate his parents after all communication was wiped out by the supervolcano
eruption, trying to keep himself and his girlfriend Darla safe and alive in the
unending winter.
A scrap of news now stirs the teens into action: his parents
were accosted by bandits while hiking across the state to find Alex and are
alive – for the moment. Desperate times and dwindling food supplies are turning
some people into savages of the worst sort.
The government is keeping ashfall refugees within the affected
area, in camps that lose more people to starvation and cold than to escape.
Avoiding their patrols, staying clear of bandits (and worse), holding onto all
their supplies – it’ll be a tough journey, but Alex must find his parents.
As Alex and Darla leave his little sister at their aunt and
uncle’s farm, they hope for the best and prepare for emergencies – possible
injuries, bandits, sinkholes in the snowpack. But a sudden encounter and an
ambush separate them early in their journey, leaving Alex to seek help from the
townspeople they met on their earlier travels in order to rescue her.
Can Darla stay alive and unharmed in the hands of the gang?
Can Alex convince anyone to go along on the rescue mission? If his parents did
make it to the next refugee camp, can the teen help them escape?
This second book in the post-apocalyptic trilogy answers key
queries for Alex and Darla (and readers) following the initial Ashfall (book one) while leaving the
survivors to wonder what happens next.
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