a Day At The Fabled Amusement Park Isles Of Wonder Turns Deadly When A World-wide Biological Attack Kills Every Adult, Leaving Behind Only The Kids To Fend For Themselves. Isolated From The World, Unsure Of What Lies Ahead, The Young Survivors Assemble Under The Statue Of King Neptune, The Mythical Ruler Of The Isles, To Form A New Society. Led By The Children Of The Park Workers, They Choose To Remain Closed Off From The Outside World Living Relatively Comfortably Inside The Self-contained Park. But When Violence From The Infested Outside World Appears To Infiltrate Their Safe Zone, One Small Group Discovers A Secret Society And A Hidden System Of Underground Tunnels, And The Stage Is Set For A War That Will Determine The Future Of Everyone On The Isles. as Alliances Are Formed And Broken, Readers Will Find Themselves Taking Sides In This Suspenseful Adventure Story That Addresses The Duality Of Human Nature.
children's Literature what Would Happen If All The Adults In The World Were To Die Simultaneously? Dobkin Sets Up The Premise Of Her Story: Terrorists Inoculate Themselves, Then Release A Virus Designed To Kill On Contact, Enabling Them To Sit Back To Rule The World. Two Things The Killers Did Not Foresee: The Virus Mutated So Quickly That The Vaccines Were Useless, And The Virus Did Not Kill Children. In The Amusement Park Isles Of Wonder, Thousands Of Children Were Stranded, Milo Quickly Saw That Someone Had To Take Charge. Children Naturally Formed Into Small Families And Larger Social Groups. Milo And His Loyal Followers Oversaw Chores, Food Distribution, And Mitigated Small Problems. As Some Of The Children Began To Realize That Milo's Power Was Absolute, Conflict Was Inevitable. The Characters Are Well-developed And The Story Is Fast Paced And Well Situated Within The Premise, Although The Ending Is Somewhat Simplistic, And The Emphasis On Diversity Is Rather Heavy-handed. This Might Be An Interesting Book To Pair With Watching Kid Nation, The Reality Tv Show Featuring Kids Ruling Their Own World. Reviewer: Wendy M. Smith-d'arezzo

Bonnie Dobkin

New York, NY: Walker & Co.: Distributed to the trade by Macmillan Publishers

Walker Childrens

Walker & Company

United States, United States of America

1, PS, 2008

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262 pages ; 22 cm
When a biological terrorist attack kills all adults on Earth, children stranded at an amusement park work together to survive, led by Milo whose father was an engineer there, but when new threats arise and suspicions grow, rebellion erupts
Ages 12 and up

2023-06-28