Starred ReviewStarred Review Ashes
From the Series The Ashes Trilogy
An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky, destroying every electronic device, wiping out every computerized system, and killing billions. When it happens, Alex was hiking in the woods to say good-bye to her dead parents and her personal demons. Now desperate to find out what happened after the pulse crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom—a young soldier—and Ellie, a girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP. For this improvised family and the others who are spared, it’s now a question of who can be trusted and who is no longer human.
Author Ilsa J. Bick crafts a terrifying and thrilling novel about a world that could be ours at any moment, where those left standing must learn what it means not just to survive, but to live amidst the devastation.
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Awards
- Sequoyah Book Award Nominee
- Gateway Readers Award Nominee
- Tayshas Reading List
- Booklist Top 10 SciFi/Fantasy for Youth
- Notable AwardNotable Award YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
- South Dakota Young Adult Reading Program Nominee
- Arkansas Teen Book Award Nominee
Reviews
Starred ReviewStarred Review Library Media Connection
“Bick has a winner with this series and your students, including reluctant readers, will love it.” —starred review, Library Media Connection
School Library Journal
“The novel is equal parts horrifying and riveting, and many teens will be compelled to devour it in one sitting.” —School Library Journal
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
“[A]n impeccable sci-fi/horror balance, quick pace, and risky storytelling all live up to the jacket’s promise.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Starred ReviewStarred Review VOYA
“Bick takes the best of post-apocalyptic, zombie fiction and adds…the exact thing that has been sorely lacking from those genres: girl power, and in a heaping dose.” —starred, VOYA
Booklist
“This is an affecting postapocalyptic tale that divides its time between survival story and horror, as when readers encounter the vividly described results of the EMPs and zombie attacks.” —Booklist
Kirkus Reviews
“Splendidly paced apocalyptic zombie horror ends with a thrilling, terrifying cliffhanger and a number of unresolved mysteries.” —Kirkus Reviews
Publishers Weekly
“Bick delivers an action-packed tale of an apocalypse unfolding, launching a trilogy with flair.” —Publishers Weekly