A Plague Year by Edward Bloor was an amazing book because of the whole situation. I rated this book five stars because I like how this book is revolving around one regular teenagers life by a journal who Tom, the teenager, wrote. In this book their whole world is changing and everybody in it. In Blackwater, Pennsylvania, where Tom lives, he starts seeing "zombies all around". The zombies are people but these people have a "plague". Tom tries to find out what happened to these people. And he does. Edward, I'm so disappointed! I loved Tangerine! I loved London Calling! I think you did a good job characterizing a seventh grade boy, but the story was too preachy. The bubonic plague connection with meth was a nice, but over-done touch. I appreciated the plight of kids in a small town where the economy has crumbled and there is little future, but I was disappointed in how the good kids became do-gooders and the bad kid got into meth. Arthur seems to me to be a wonderful character who didn't quite go anywhere. It was unclear to me how he remained out of drugs while the rest of his family had such problems. Anyway...
What do You think about A Plague Year (2011)?
really well-developed characters--but some really didn't need to be in the story at all.
—LauraBellamy
A really interesting approach to today's drug problem.
—luisa
Powerful topic, but it was a bit heavy-handed.
—11hollyd
