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Violence
A lot
Graphic zombie-like violence and gore; disturbing descriptions of transformed humans attacking and eating people
Language
Some
Moderate language in high-stress survival situations
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
No significant substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Intense survival horror and psychological stress; grappling with mortality and the loss of what it means to be human
What this book is about
Alex, a teen with a terminal brain tumor hiking alone, survives an EMP pulse that kills most adults and transforms many teens into flesh-eating monsters. Her brutal survival in the transformed wilderness pushes every physical and moral limit in this harrowing YA horror.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Graphic violence and gore including flesh-eating transformed humans
Deaths of children and vulnerable people
Intense survival horror and psychological stress
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