Dread Nation
by Justina Ireland
Recommended by Laurie Halse Anderson and Scott Hanselman
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Alternate History, Fantasy, and Fiction.
At once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Ireland's stunning vision of an America both foreign and familiar_x0097_a country on the brink, at the explosive crossroads where race, humanity, and survival meet.Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania_x0097_derail...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Alternate History, Fantasy, and Fiction.
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Scott Hanselman
“DREAD NATION by @justinaireland is so great and wellwritten and a master class in plot that I?ve marked it up with stickies. Read this book. #FReadom #txlege | OK this book by @justinaireland looks amazing. ?Dread Nation,? my son is reading it now for school and I?ve got next. It?s got historical fiction, zombies, kick butt protagonists, and timeless themes | OK this book by @justinaireland looks amazing. “Dread Nation,” my son is reading it now for school and I’ve got next. It’s got historical fiction, zombies, kick butt protagonists, and timeless themes”
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