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Summer of the Apocalypse

by James Van Pelt · 2006

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When a plague wipes out most of humanity, fifteen-year-old Eric sets out to find his father. Sixty years later, Eric starts another long journey in an America that has long since quit resembling our own, but there are shadows everywhere.

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post-apocalypticpost-apocalypticMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisdystopiadystopiaMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 260 pages

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