The Living

NC HS BOB has second book on reading list (which always drives me nuts) so need to read this first! Once the plot started going de la Pena really moved. Very realistic apocalyptic violence, with dead bodies and murder, etc. so certainly for older teen audiences. Other than Shy, the characters felt like stereotypical tropes, which is surprising coming from de la Pena. Think teens will be sucked into the fast pace and the ending is such a cliffhanger they'll want to read the second.