The Hallowed OnesAuthor: Laura BickleRelease Date: September 25, 2012Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt GraphiaISBN:
0547859260
ISBN13: 9780547859262Genre: Young Adult/Dystopian
If your home was the last safe place on earth, would you let a stranger in?
In this captivating thriller, an Amish settlement is the last safe haven in a world plagued by an unspeakable horror…
Katie
is on the verge of her Rumspringa, the time in Amish life when
teenagers are free to experience non-Amish culture before officially
joining the church. But before Rumspringa arrives, Katie’s safe world
starts to crumble. It begins with a fiery helicopter crash in the
cornfields, followed by rumors of massive unrest and the disappearance
of huge numbers of people all over the world. Something is out
there...and it is making a killing.
Unsure why they haven’t yet
been attacked, the Amish Elders make a decree: No one goes outside their
community, and no one is allowed in. But when Katie finds a gravely
injured young man lying just outside the boundary of their land, she
can’t leave him to die. She refuses to submit to the Elder’s rule and
secretly brings the stranger into her community—but what else is she
bringing in with him?
I just finished reading
The Hallowed Ones and I was pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed
it. What are your thoughts after reading the blurb?
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Laura Bickle's professional background is in criminal justice and library science. When she's not patrolling the stacks at the public library, she can be found reaming up stories about the monsters under the stairs. She has written several contemporary fantasy nov-els for adults, and THE HALLOWED ONES is her first young adult novel. Laura lives in Ohio with her husband and five mostly-reformed feral cats. For more about Laura, please visit her website at: www.laurabickle.com.
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