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Loners by Lex Thomas (2013, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherLerner Publishing Group

ISBN-101606844385

ISBN-139781606844380

eBay Product ID (ePID)144033199

Product Key Features

Book TitleLoners

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSocial Themes / Dating & Relationships, Dystopian, School & Education, Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, General, Social Themes / General (See Also Headings under Family), Science Fiction

Publication Year2013

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

AuthorLex Thomas

Book SeriesQuarantine Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight15.9 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

Reviews"Take Michael Grant's Gone (2008) and Veronica Roth's Divergent (2011), rattle them in a cage until they're ready to fight to the death, and you'll have something like this nightmarish debut. It's an apocalypse writ small: a sick teen infects a Colorado high school with a disease so deadly that half the building is blown up by the military and the rest is sealed inside a giant dome. Every two weeks the ceiling is split for an air drop of food and supplies, and it's during these drops that the 1,000 surviving kidssplit into warring cliques with names like the Nerds, the Sluts, and the Freaksfight, steal, and even kill to make good. Due to a pre-contagion feud with Sam, the leader of Varsity (the jocks' gang), David is forced to eke out a loner's existence. But while protecting his younger brother, Will, from the horrors of the darkened hallways, David becomes an underground herowhich begins to infuriate Will, who also longs for the spotlight. Though not totally implausible, this is for fans of gritty sf dystopia, and Thomas' whirlwind pace, painful details ('old socks in a zip-lock freezer bag' serve as one character's pillow), simmering sexual content, and moments of truly shocking ultra-violence thrust this movie-ready high-school thriller to the head of the class." starred, Booklist, "Though not totally implausible, this is for fans of gritty sf dystopia, and Thomas' whirlwind pace, painful details ('old socks in a zip-lock freezer bag' serve as one character's pillow), simmering sexual content, and moments of truly shocking ultra-violence thrust this movie-ready high-school thriller to the head of the class." --starred, Booklist, "Take Michael Grant's Gone (2008) and Veronica Roth's Divergent (2011), rattle them in a cage until they're ready to fight to the death, and you'll have something like this nightmarish debut. It's an apocalypse writ small: a sick teen infects a Colorado high school with a disease so deadly that half the building is blown up by the military and the rest is sealed inside a giant dome. Every two weeks the ceiling is split for an air drop of food and supplies, and it's during these drops that the 1,000 surviving kids--split into warring cliques with names like the Nerds, the Sluts, and the Freaks--fight, steal, and even kill to make good. Due to a pre-contagion feud with Sam, the leader of Varsity (the jocks' gang), David is forced to eke out a loner's existence. But while protecting his younger brother, Will, from the horrors of the darkened hallways, David becomes an underground hero--which begins to infuriate Will, who also longs for the spotlight. Though not totally implausible, this is for fans of gritty sf dystopia, and Thomas' whirlwind pace, painful details ('old socks in a zip-lock freezer bag' serve as one character's pillow), simmering sexual content, and moments of truly shocking ultra-violence thrust this movie-ready high-school thriller to the head of the class." --starred, Booklist

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromNinth Grade

Series Volume NumberNo. 1

Volume NumberBk. 1

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal[Fic]

SynopsisIt was just another ordinary day at McKinley High--until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning. A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high school social cliques. Without a gang, you're as good as dead. And David has no gang. It's just him and his little brother, Will, against the whole school. In this frighteningly dark and captivating novel, Lex Thomas locks readers inside a school where kids don't fight to be popular, they fight to stay alive.