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Z for Zachariah

By: Robert C. O'Brien
Narrated by: Christina Moore
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In this post-apocalyptic novel from Newbery Medal–winning author Robert C. O’Brien, a teen girl struggling to survive in the wake of unimaginable disaster comes across another survivor.

Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no evidence of any other survivors.

But the smoke from a distant campfire shatters Ann’s solitude. Someone else is still alive and making his way toward the valley. Who is this man? What does he want? Can he be trusted? Both excited and terrified, Ann soon realizes there may be worse things than being the last person on Earth.

ALA Notable Children's Books • Horn Book Fanfare • ALA Best Books For Young Adults • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults • ALA Best of the Best Books for Young Adults • Edgar Allan Poe Award

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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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