In the aftermath of a devastating plague, a fearless young heroine embarks on a dangerous and surprising journey to save her world in this brilliantly inventive dystopian thriller, told in bold and fierce language, from a remarkable literary talent. \*My name be Ice Cream Fifteen Star and this be th
The Country of Ice Cream Star
- Book ID
- 108049447
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 788 KB
- Category
- Standards
- ISBN
- 0345807456
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✦ Synopsis
A post-apocalyptic literary epic in the tradition ofThe Handmaid's Tale,DivergentandCloud Atlas, and a breakout book in North America for a writer of rare and unconventional talent.
FromGuardianFirst Book Award finalist Sandra Newman comes an ambitious and extraordinary novel of a future in which bands of children and teens survive on the detritus--physical and cultural--of a collapsed America. When her brother is struck down by Posies--a contagion that has killed everyone by their late teens for generations--fifteen-year-old Ice Cream Star pursues the rumour of a cure and sets out on a quest to save him, her tribe and what's left of their future. Along the way she faces broken hearts and family tragedy, mortal danger and all-out war--and much growing up for the girl who may have led herself and everyone she loves to their doom
✦ Subjects
Современная проза
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