“For the first time ever, I felt ashamed of my species. The volcano had taken our homes, our food, our automobiles, and our airplanes, but it hadn't taken our humanity. No, we'd given that up on our own.”
Alex did not want to go with his parents and sister to visit his relatives in Illinois and manages to get his parents to agree to let him stay home alone for the weekend. Shortly into the weekend of freedom, disaster strikes in the form of a giant rock hitting the house, collapsing it and causing a fire. Everything goes downhill from there - incessant booming, darkness and ash.
Alex is taken in by his neighbors (who were looking out for him while his family was gone) and they soon discover that the super volcano in Yellowstone erupted. With the ashfall, electricity goes out and life comes to a standstill and the only thing that Alex wants is his family. After a horrifying incident in which Alex witnesses his first death, he sets out from his home in Iowa to make the several-hundred miles trek to Illinois.
This is a story that I could not put down. One awful thing after another kept happening to Alex, and the really scary thing is how realistic it was. I felt that some of the situations were rather extreme, but I just had to know if Alex made it to his family. This is a very emotionally wrenching story. I found myself praying that I would never see something like this happen. And I'm really glad I live in Michigan where we would be better off if the volcano did erupt.
Alex is taken in by his neighbors (who were looking out for him while his family was gone) and they soon discover that the super volcano in Yellowstone erupted. With the ashfall, electricity goes out and life comes to a standstill and the only thing that Alex wants is his family. After a horrifying incident in which Alex witnesses his first death, he sets out from his home in Iowa to make the several-hundred miles trek to Illinois.
This is a story that I could not put down. One awful thing after another kept happening to Alex, and the really scary thing is how realistic it was. I felt that some of the situations were rather extreme, but I just had to know if Alex made it to his family. This is a very emotionally wrenching story. I found myself praying that I would never see something like this happen. And I'm really glad I live in Michigan where we would be better off if the volcano did erupt.