A Death-Struck Year

A School Library Journal Starred ReviewA Georgia Peach Book Award Finalist 2015-2016A 2014 ABC Best Books for Children SelectionVOYA's Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers 2014A 2014 'Indies Introduce New Voices' Selection A Spring 2014 Kids' Indie Next PickIn the grip of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic, not even the strong survive.The Spanish influenza is devastating the East Coast--but Cleo Berry knows it is a world away from the safety of her home in Portland, Oregon. Then the flu moves into the Pacific Northwest. Schools, churches, and theaters are shut down. The entire city is thrust into survival mode--and into a panic. Seventeen-year-old Cleo is told to stay put in her quarantined boarding school, but when the Red Cross pleads for volunteers, she cannot ignore the call for help. In the grueling days that follow her headstrong decision, she risks everything for near-strangers. Strangers like Edmund, a handsome medical student. Strangers who could be gone tomorrow. And as the bodies pile up, Cleo can't help but wonder: when will her own luck run out? Riveting and well-researched, A Death-Struck Year is based on the real-life pandemic considered the most devastating in recorded world history, and leaves readers asking: what would I do for a neighbor? At what risk to myself? Read more