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5. Ashfall by Mike Mullins
Sun Jun 24, 2012, 03:22 AM
Jun 2012

The story of a 15 year old boy who is alone at home in Iowa when the Yellowstone caldera erupts with 2500 times the energy as Mt St Helen's. He must make a harrowing trek through a new hellish world to get to his parents.

It's an intense book along the lines of The Road and seems very well researched and believable.
Even though it's a young adult book the story will be engrossing for older readers as well, like the Hunger games were.

It's also rather disturbing because it describes an apocalyptic future that might actually come true some day.


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