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Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
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Synopsis
Alex, a resourceful seventeen-year-old running from her incurable brain tumor, Tom, who has left the war in Afghanistan, and Ellie, an angry eight-year-old, join forces after an electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky and kills most of the world's population, turning some of those who remain into zombies and giving the others superhuman senses.
Is Ashes appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This post-apocalyptic survival story contains strong violence including zombie attacks, death of characters, and intense survival scenarios. The protagonist is dealing with terminal illness, and there's significant peril involving a child character.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include child harm, gore, death, mass death, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will find this a gripping survival story with relatable characters fighting to stay alive in a dangerous post-apocalyptic world.