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Something terrible has finally happened. A nuclear holocaust has destroyed civilization. For one whole year, 16-year-old Ann Burden has lived alone on her family’s farm, somehow sheltered from the radiation in the valley. As she hears the final radio station going off the air, she believes she is the only person left alive. But when Ann sees smoke from a faraway campfire, she knows there is at least one other survivor. Soon an incredible figure wearing a green suit and carrying an oxygen tank appears on the road. With the intruder in her valley, she makes a chilling discovery: There are worse things than being alone.

Newbery Award-winning author Robert C. O’Brien won an Edgar Award for this suspense-filled science fiction tale of a young woman determined to survive on her own terms. Narrator Christina Moore places you on the scene with Ann in a strange world with an unknown future.

©1974 Sally Conly (P)1999 Recorded Books, LLC Action & Adventure Literature & Fiction Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Science Fiction & Fantasy Survival Stories Thrillers & Suspense
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I remember the 1980s BBC version (back in the day when they made watchable programs). Having heard the original it's amazing how faithful the BBC stuck to the original, except the setting was Wales. The 2015 Hollywppd version was awful, total train wreck, but then no supprised there. I'd highly recommend this audio book, well written and well read.

Great tale

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I loved hearing this book. I read it in school 35 years ago although I had forgotten the ending. I love the angst that's conveyed in the telling and slipped back into my 13 year old self thinking about what it must have felt like to be that young and afraid in that kind of setting. I can immediately remember the English lessons where we read and discussed the book and the following essays I wrote.
it has such a dark side that for the majority is left to the reader to conjure.
Highly recommended and I would recommend you listen with your kids if you can tear them away from technology and video games for a few hours.

fantastic

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I remember reading this in secondary school for English literature. A interesting story then a fabulous story now.

School Days

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I liked the story a lot, it was interesting and unexpected. I wished for a different ending but it was still good. And I missed that it was written so long ago, one noticed it a bit but it wasn't distracting. Great read.

Female protagonist

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I first read this book in my teens and have read it several times since in the many years since my teenage time.
The narrator was wonderful, the story well told and despite my knowing the twists and turns, I was engaged throughout.
I will not say much about the story - I don’t want to give anything away to anyone finding this novel for the first time, but just to say you will be thinking of this story for a long time afterwards.

Excellent

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