The second half of the book, which I won’t tell you much about because spoilers, takes place in a frontier town called Summerland. The only things I knew about this book, before I read it were: First off, I really liked this book, but I also had some issues with it (not the issues you might think!). The father and son who run the frontier town of Summerland aren’t slow, and they’re not stupid. And we add those lessons to the stockpile and hope the next generation will be able to do what we couldn’t. We teach them to see what they do, what they refuse to do, and what they promise to do but never will. Maybe you’ll keep everything surface for a while,  see how the reader reacts to you,  before jumping into the deep end. I loved that this isn’t a book about zombies, it’s a book about human monsters. I don’t read enough YA to know, so please help me out. 2020-02-04 in Fiction Jane's attempts to discover Lily's whereabouts land her in a survivalist colony. To keep civilians safe, governors, mayors, and other civic leaders need to come up with something, and need to come up with something fast. I'll do my best to let you know what's what. Follow the Little Red Reviewer on WordPress.com, I am in love with the dress she is wearing on the cover. She knows as well as my ancestors did that enslavement exists on a spectrum. Ireland delivers a necessary, subversive, and explosive novel with her fantasy-laced alternate history that does the all-important work of exploring topics of oppression, racism, and slavery while simultaneously accomplishing so much more. Life expectancy rates varied depending on type of work, geographic location, and personality of slaveholder, but could be as low as 22 years. That's a different story.The Civil War is over, but mostly because the dead rose at Gettysburg—and then started rising everywhere else. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Mounting peril creates a pulse-pounding pace, hurtling readers toward a nail-biting conclusion that inspires and will leave them apprehensive about what’s to come. BUT, what makes a zombie story (or any “monster” story)  interesting to me is when the author is showing that the zombies themselves are powerless. If this nation was built on the backs of African Americans, African American women bore the heaviest load. Thank you Jane, for finally trusting me enough to tell me more about you, and about your mom. Grow Your Child's Library with Top Young Reader Series, 50% Off All Funko Wetmore Forest POP!, Plush, and More, Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, Alien Agenda: Investigating the Extraterrestrial Presence Among. Jane helps other people, and is selfless, but her inner monologue makes her seem super self-centered (maybe that i just an artifact of first person POV?). In Justina Ireland’s fantastic new young adult novel, Dread Nation, the world is upended when the dead rise from their graves at Gettysburg. When a friend of mine mentioned she had two copies, I asked to borrow one. And Ireland does this perfectly. (srsly, read up on those Native schools, ok?) Some readers will focus on the pop culture candy of a nineteenth century alt-history zombie apocalypse. In recent years, Ireland has enjoyed a newfound prosperity as Europe's most affluent nation. . Although Katherine’s imprisonment is figurative while Jane’s is literal, both must also contend with the leers and sneers of power-hungry white men. good idea? Ages 14–up. The way Ireland revealed their identities was lovely in its simplicity and sincerity. This is the zombie novel I’ve been waiting for my whole life. YA readers, is this a YA book? Ok, let’s get into it with Dread Nation. Awesome thoughts! They’ve got God on their side,  they “just want to keep people safe”,  they’ve got the government on their side. Think of all the Dread Nations we were denied. Well, it’s the 1870s, all the civic leaders are white, white people are landowners and tax payers, so basically, white people are considered worth keeping safe. (In Ireland’s Author’s Note,  she implores the reader to learn more about the United States’ system of removing Native children from their homes and sending them to boarding schools such as the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, to be “civilized”.). They are aided in their efforts by the passage of the Native and Negro Reeducation Act which forces African American boys and girls into combat schools. If she’s very lucky,  Jane will become a personal bodyguard for a white woman. The first half of the book is some hijinks at the school,  the reader getting introduced to Jane’s friends, and Jane sharing some details of her youth. 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