NCTE Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts.Bank Street College Best Book of the Year.This book is so gripping a read that many readers should be able to finish it in just a couple of days. It could easily make itself at home on shelves right alongside other such dystopian books. It is very well written and enjoyable book. The young readers will enjoy the story and I suppose some of the older readers will start questioning just how these events came to pass. Teens and young adults will enjoy this book just as much if not more so than adults. The cliffhangers and unanswered questions would easily be fixed with a sequel that I feel this book deserves. I wanted more out of the book in the end for both parts of the story. The book is also well detailed and I can sense a well thought out backstory driving everything. This answered many questions that I was beginning to the forum but was afraid I would never get an answer too, and yet did not explain everything.
I was very happy to find halfway through the book that it changes focus from Olivia to Grace. Finally, they meet up with others fleeing the city but they have to stop and wonder if anywhere is safe anymore. Yet in a world that is falling apart, the danger is everywhere and the journey is not an easy one. Out of desperation, the entire Taylor family leaves their home, along with many others, in search of a safer place to live. A virus ran rampant and high temperatures cause drought and dehydration. Now along with four others, Olivia must leave the safety of the community in an attempt to bring back supplies, food, and new members or not come back at all.īefore the foundation of the Community, disaster struck the world. Olivia and all the other children of the community that are of age report to volunteer to scavenge and this year she is finally picked. Soaring temperatures and a lack of resources mixed with the ever-present threat of discovery cause the Community’s numbers to drop, resulting in the need for a Scavenging trip. Unfortunately, not all is perfect in the Community. This Community was founded after a virus outbreak to protect the survivors from raider attacks. Olivia Taylor lives safely within the confines of the Community along with other survivors. While readers won’t find zombies in these pages they will discover a world with Fallout tones mixed with Divergent.
Scavengers by Alessandra Melville is ideal for those who like post-apocalyptic stories. In the beginning days of the Community's formation, Grace battles with bickering companions, a hardened heart, and a never-ending determination to make it to another day. With her two daughters, husband, and the neighboring family, Grace forces herself to swallow heartbreak and pain, and the soldier on for the sake of survival. In the latter point of view, Olivia's mother, Mrs Taylor, explains how her family met trouble on their journey in the aftermath of the outbreak. As they encounter new lives, face adversaries, find old acquaintances, and run into death, Olivia and her team struggle a triumphant return to their home. Accompanied by four other teenagers, Olivia sets off from the presence of her changed mother, Grace, and embarks on a trek into the dangerous bush and sun-scorched wilderness outside the Community. In a small, isolated compound in Australia, Olivia Taylor volunteers to search for meat and other humans outside the secure walls of her home.
A virus has killed countless people and the world swelters in a relentless heat wave.
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