I read the book Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse. This book is about a girl, Nyle, who lives with her grandmother. Nyle's mother died when she was young and her father left because he couldn't watch Nyle's mom die. When a nuclear explosion goes off at a power plant in Cookshire, many are left homeless and sick. Nyle and her grandmother take in two evacuees, Ezra and Mrs. Trent. At first, Nyle is reluctant for Ezra to come, but...
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At age thirteen Nyle Summer has already lost so much. Her father walked out. Her mother died. Her grandfather died. And now it's just Nyle and her grandmother left alone in the house to work the farm. They get by well enough. The chores get done, the sheep are well cared for. Then comes the accident. A nuclear reactor in a nearby town suffers a meltdown. The little town of North Haversham is safe but all around radiation...
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This was the best book I have ever read. I know that's really all I need to say, but I'm going to tell you a little about it too. A girl named Nyle Sumner lives with her 'Gran' on a sheep farm in Vermont. A nuclear power plant in Cookshire, Massechusetts (? I'm guessing it's MA) exploded, causing radiation to leak out and affect cities miles away. Nyle's grandmother decides to take in evacuees from the accident, Miriam and...
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It all starts when a nuclear spill takes place. A boy named Ezra is sick from radiation poisioning. He goes to live with Nyle and her Gram. At first Nyle doesn't like the idea of having him and his mother, but she gets over it. Ezra grows stronger everyday, but sometimes he is very weak. Nyle doesn't tell Muncie, her best friend, about Ezra. Nyle is starting to like having Ezra around and spends a lot of time with...
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