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For as long as Emmeline can remember, she’s longed to leave the isolated world of the settlement and explore the wilderness that calls to her in her dreams. And now that the Council has fallen, she will finally, finally get that chance. With First Peoples guide Matisa at her side, Emmeline rallies a brave group to join her on her quest into the unknown, including her beloved Kane and his two younger brothers.
But the journey soon proves far more dangerous than Emmeline anticipated—with warring clans, slavers, colonists, disease, and natural disasters seemingly at every turn. After putting so many lives in danger, she starts to doubt everything she once knew. Did she make the right choice to leave the settlement—and can her relationship with Kane survive the ordeal? Matisa insists that to set things right and to fight the evil that is bringing all this danger and turmoil to the forest, Emmeline must journey to Matisa’s people—even if that means leaving Kane behind.
Praise for Winterkill
“I ripped through Winterkill’s pages, desperate to know the secrets behind this captivating world. Equal parts creepy, thrilling, and touching, this book is a must-read, and Emmeline is a character I won’t soon forget.” —James Dashner, #1 New York Times-bestselling author
“Boorman’s . . . protagonist speaks directly and powerfully to a young adult experience.” —Publishers Weekly
“The promise of forthcoming volumes should keep antsy readers at bay.” —Booklist
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- ISBN: 9781613128404
- File size: 4850 KB
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- ISBN: 9781613128404
- File size: 4855 KB
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- English
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August 15, 2015
The heroine of Winterkill (2014) leaves her tiny village to find settlers moving into the post-apocalyptic wilds. Though Emmeline's settlement no longer suffers under a religiously based reign of terror, she's more than ready to leave. The allies she's made among the First Peoples visitors are itching to get home, and Em is determined to travel with Matisa, her beloved First Peoples friend, who found Em through their shared dreams. Despite their urgent need to move quickly, their party keeps growing: Matisa and her First Peoples family; Em's sweetheart, Kane; and others from their mixed Anglophone, Francophone, and Metis community. The journey is nowhere near as fast or as safe as they expect. After generations during which the western lands were populated only by First Peoples, settlers have been arriving from the European-descended Dominion in the east-and many of them are violent, lawless thugs. It seems the Dominion is no longer afraid of the Bleed, the horrifying disease that struck the continent generations ago. Matisa holds the band of travelers together as best she can, but disaster strikes so frequently readers may find themselves recalling the game "Oregon Trail," with disease, kidnapping, and gruesome, bloody murder. Survival is so difficult that it overcomes Em's relationship drama, with the happy result that she builds a family with fellow travelers. A philosophical, ruminative adventure for fans of the CW network's The 100. (Alternate history. 13-15)COPYRIGHT(2015) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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January 1, 2016
Gr 7 Up-In Winterkill (Abrams, 2014), Emmeline lived in an isolated settlement where her people were lead to believe they were the last of their kind and were told to never venture into the woods outside their compound. At the beginning of this sequel, the Council has fallen and Em is given a chance to leave her home and explore the new world around her. Matisa, a member of the First Peoples, offers to act as her guide through the wilderness. What Em does not expect to find is a world full of people at war, natural disasters, deathly disease, and more that will threaten the safety of her people. Will Em ever fully trust Matisa and the unusual dreams the two girls seem to be having that bind them together? Give this one to fans of secret-filled dystopian stories.
Copyright 2016 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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