A Matter of Days, Amber Kizer
A Matter of Days, Amber Kizer
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A Matter of Days

Author: Amber Kizer

Narrator: Alex McKenna

Unabridged: 8 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/11/2013

Synopsis

   On Day 56 of the pandemic called BluStar, sixteen-year-old Nadia's mother dies, leaving her responsible for her younger brother Rabbit. They secretly received antivirus vaccines from their uncle, but most people weren't as lucky. Their deceased father taught them to adapt and survive whatever comes their way. That's their plan as they trek from Seattle to their grandfather's survivalist compound in West Virginia. Using practical survival techniques, they make their way through a world of death and destruction until they encounter an injured dog; Zack, a street kid from Los Angeles; and other survivors who are seldom what they seem. Illness, infections, fatigue, and meager supplies have become a way of life. Still, it will be worth it once they arrive at the designated place on the map they have memorized. But what if no one is there to meet them?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Murf the Surf on July 05, 2017

Blue Star epidemic turned pandemic killer! A rather simple plot whereby a couple of siblings go to find their Uncle up in the hills of West Virginia. The trip through the mall was a real treat and I'd surely enjoyed their stopovers in small towns. The horror and gore factor was toned way down, with a......more

Goodreads review by Evie on August 30, 2013

Thoroughly entertaining to read and deeply bone-chilling to experience, A Matter Of Days is a book that you'll read once but will never forget. It's a survival story like no other: meaningful, emotional, at times sentimental, but most of all crafted with skill and conviction that makes this tale ter......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne on July 08, 2013

3.5 This one has a decent chance of attracting the same sorts of readers, even some reluctant ones, who enjoyed or . Really any survival tale featuring young adults or kids. Instead of zombies or the explosion of a super-volcano, here we have a global pandemic, a hemorrhagic virus called Blu......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on March 12, 2021

I love survival/ apocalypse books and this one was a good read. I really wish I could talk to the author and ask her opinions on the present pandemic because reading this book was surreal at times... In her author's note I laughed hard- "You'll probably never experience a global pandemic like Nadia a......more

Goodreads review by Celia on March 26, 2020

I know I am super weird for wanting to read a post-pandemic book during this trying time of COVID-19, but alas. I am a glutton for punishment. I devoured this book! The story follows Dai and her eleven-year-old brother as they make the trek from the outskirts of Seattle to West Virginia to meet thei......more

Quotes

“The narrative is engaging and the characters believably portrayed. This post-apocalyptic tale is particularly frightening as it doesn’t take place in some distant, imagined future. A solid, realistically imagined survival tale with a strong female protagonist.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
“Nadia and Rabbit’s cross-country trek through a plague-hollowed America makes for a gripping, and, yes, infectious tale.” —Michael Northrop, author of Trapped
 
“A cross between Cynthia Voigt’s Homecoming and Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life As We Knew It.” —Print Matters
 
“If you like books such as The Maze Runner, The Darkest Path, or The Hunger Games, you can’t go wrong with this book.” —The Book Blog

Awards

  • Texas Lone Star Reading List
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