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A Newbery Medalist presents a gripping, thought-provoking story about life after a nuclear holocaust.
Summary
In this post-apocalyptic novel from Newbery Medal-winning author Robert C. O'Brien, a teen girl struggling to survive in the wake of unimaginable disaster comes across another survivor.
Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no evidence of any other survivors.
But the smoke from a distant campfire shatters Ann's solitude. Someone else is still alive and making his way toward the valley. Who is this man? What does he want? Can he be trusted? Both excited and terrified, Ann soon realizes there may be worse things than being the last person on Earth.
Author Notes
Robert C. O'Brien (1918-1973) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Williams College and graduated from the University of Rochester. He was a writer and editor for Newsweek , National Geographic , and other publications. He lived in New York City and then in Washington, DC, with his wife and four children. Z for Zachariah --which is now a major motion picture starring Margot Robbie, Chris Pine, and Chiwetel Ejiofor--was completed by his wife and daughter, with the help of his notes, after his death. He is also the author of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and The Silver Crown .
Reviews (8)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 7 Up-By Robert C. O'Brien. A nuclear holocaust has destroyed civilization. Ann Burden believes she is the last person aliveÄuntil she finds another survivor. She discovers there are worse things than being alone. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
A gripping story about the survivors of a nuclear holocaust, by a Newbery Medalist. Ages 12up. (April) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Z is for Zachariah, the last name in fifteen-year-old Ann Burden's Bible school alphabet book; it's also for zero population after nuclear bombs and nerve gas seem to have destroyed everyone in the world except Ann in her Amish country valley (her family left it and seem singularly unregretted but then Ann is one of those unthinking practical types) who is making it alone with her brother's dog Faro, with their cow, chickens, the diminishing supplies from the store and her garden. Until a stranger comes over the hill in his plastic safe-suit -- he'd killed to get it; he has a bout of radiation sickness and almost dies but Ann brings him back to health only to face a lethal gratitude on his part. Mr. O'Brien wrote two juveniles as well as another genocidal thriller, A Report from Group 17. This is a little of each for both audiences and you'll find Ann's level resourcefulness as insulating as that safe-suit. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Gr. 6^-10. Ann Burden, 16, thinks she is the only person left alive in the world after a devastating war pollutes the world with radiation. Then she sees smoke from a campfire, but the person who walks into her sheltered valley may not be a blessing.
School Library Journal Review
Gr 7 Up-By Robert C. O'Brien. A nuclear holocaust has destroyed civilization. Ann Burden believes she is the last person aliveÄuntil she finds another survivor. She discovers there are worse things than being alone. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
A gripping story about the survivors of a nuclear holocaust, by a Newbery Medalist. Ages 12up. (April) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Z is for Zachariah, the last name in fifteen-year-old Ann Burden's Bible school alphabet book; it's also for zero population after nuclear bombs and nerve gas seem to have destroyed everyone in the world except Ann in her Amish country valley (her family left it and seem singularly unregretted but then Ann is one of those unthinking practical types) who is making it alone with her brother's dog Faro, with their cow, chickens, the diminishing supplies from the store and her garden. Until a stranger comes over the hill in his plastic safe-suit -- he'd killed to get it; he has a bout of radiation sickness and almost dies but Ann brings him back to health only to face a lethal gratitude on his part. Mr. O'Brien wrote two juveniles as well as another genocidal thriller, A Report from Group 17. This is a little of each for both audiences and you'll find Ann's level resourcefulness as insulating as that safe-suit. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Gr. 6^-10. Ann Burden, 16, thinks she is the only person left alive in the world after a devastating war pollutes the world with radiation. Then she sees smoke from a campfire, but the person who walks into her sheltered valley may not be a blessing.