Reviews
"Readers will be swept up in the story as Cleo builds friendships and manages to find hope amid disease and death." -Kirkus "Highly sympathetic characters, a solid sense of place, and the transformation of a city under siege by an invisible assailant result in a powerful and disturbing reading experience." -Publisher's Weekly "Lucier has done her research, creating a compelling work of historical fiction alongside a more timeless journey of self-discovery." -Bulletin, "Readers will be swept up in the story as Cleo builds friendships and manages to find hope amid disease and death." -Kirkus "Highly sympathetic characters, a solid sense of place, and the transformation of a city under siege by an invisible assailant result in a powerful and disturbing reading experience." -Publisher's Weekly, "Readers will be swept up in the story as Cleo builds friendships and manages to find hope amid disease and death." -Kirkus, "Readers will be swept up in the story as Cleo builds friendships and manages to find hope amid disease and death." -Kirkus "Highly sympathetic characters, a solid sense of place, and the transformation of a city under siege by an invisible assailant result in a powerful and disturbing reading experience." -Publisher's Weekly "Lucier has done her research, creating a compelling work of historical fiction alongside a more timeless journey of self-discovery." -Bulletin * "The novel's strong voice intimately places readers directly into the dramatic plot right up to climactic ending....Lucier's novel deserves a place in all high school collections." -School Library Journal, starred review "Lucier's debut details Cleo's loss of innocence, as she deals with gruesome deaths and emergency surgeries...supplying readers with a broad understanding of the era and the epidemic via a spirited and easy-to-relate-to protagonist." -Booklist "A rare window into another time and place, one that invites readers to draw parallels to their own lives in contemporary times." -Horn Book Magazine, "Readers will be swept up in the story as Cleo builds friendships and manages to find hope amid disease and death." --Kirkus "Highly sympathetic characters, a solid sense of place, and the transformation of a city under siege by an invisible assailant result in a powerful and disturbing reading experience." --Publisher's Weekly "Lucier has done her research, creating a compelling work of historical fiction alongside a more timeless journey of self-discovery." --Bulletin * "The novel's strong voice intimately places readers directly into the dramatic plot right up to climactic ending. . . . Lucier's novel deserves a place in all high school collections." --School Library Journal, starred review "Lucier's debut details Cleo's loss of innocence, as she deals with gruesome deaths and emergency surgeries...supplying readers with a broad understanding of the era and the epidemic via a spirited and easy-to-relate-to protagonist." --Booklist "A rare window into another time and place, one that invites readers to draw parallels to their own lives in contemporary times." --Horn Book Magazine, "Readers will be swept up in the story as Cleo builds friendships and manages to find hope amid disease and death." --Kirkus "Highly sympathetic characters, a solid sense of place, and the transformation of a city under siege by an invisible assailant result in a powerful and disturbing reading experience." --Publishers Weekly "Lucier has done her research, creating a compelling work of historical fiction alongside a more timeless journey of self-discovery." --Bulletin * "The novel's strong voice intimately places readers directly into the dramatic plot right up to climactic ending. . . . Lucier's novel deserves a place in all high school collections." --School Library Journal, starred review "Lucier's debut details Cleo's loss of innocence, as she deals with gruesome deaths and emergency surgeries...supplying readers with a broad understanding of the era and the epidemic via a spirited and easy-to-relate-to protagonist." --Booklist "A rare window into another time and place, one that invites readers to draw parallels to their own lives in contemporary times." --Horn Book Magazine, "Readers will be swept up in the story as Cleo builds friendships and manages to find hope amid disease and death." -Kirkus "Highly sympathetic characters, a solid sense of place, and the transformation of a city under siege by an invisible assailant result in a powerful and disturbing reading experience." -Publisher's Weekly "Lucier has done her research, creating a compelling work of historical fiction alongside a more timeless journey of self-discovery." -Bulletin * "The novel's strong voice intimately places readers directly into the dramatic plot right up to climactic ending....Lucier's novel deserves a place in all high school collections." -School Library Journal, starred review "Lucier's debut details Cleo's loss of innocence, as she deals with gruesome deaths and emergency surgeries...supplying readers with a broad understanding of the era and the epidemic via a spirited and easy-to-relate-to protagonist." -Booklist