This was a humorously touching book. The author creates a very different setting in which war is approaching. One percent of the population is ritualistically taken by Death. In this story a sixteen year old is selected to be escorted to her death. However, there is a slight chance that if she ca...
An interesting premise and setting (a future that I hope never happens, but feels all too near sometimes). I wanted it to be creepier, but considering that it's aimed at middle-grade readers, the creepiness level was probably appropriate. My only complaint is that I wanted more--the resolution ...