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The Loners (Quarantine, No. 1)
By Lex Thomas
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 9 - 12 | Grades 2 - 5 | n/a | 4.5 | 88779 |
"As original as The Hunger Games, set within the walls of a high school exactly like yours." - Kami Garcia, New York Times best-selling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures novels
It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High--until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning.
A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high school social cliques. Without a gang, you're as good as dead. And David has no gang. It's just him and his little brother, Will, against the whole school.
In this frighteningly dark and captivating novel, a 2012 Booklist Editor's Choice, Lex Thomas locks readers inside a school where kids don't fight to be popular, they fight to stay alive.
"Take Michael Grant's Gone and Veronica Roth's Divergent, rattle them in a cage until they're ready to fight to the death, and you'll have something like this nightmarish debut...Thomas' whirlwind pace, painful details, simmering sexual content, and moments of truly shocking ultra-violence thrust this movie-ready high school thriller to the head of the class." - Booklist (starred review)
It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High--until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning.
A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high school social cliques. Without a gang, you're as good as dead. And David has no gang. It's just him and his little brother, Will, against the whole school.
In this frighteningly dark and captivating novel, a 2012 Booklist Editor's Choice, Lex Thomas locks readers inside a school where kids don't fight to be popular, they fight to stay alive.
"Take Michael Grant's Gone and Veronica Roth's Divergent, rattle them in a cage until they're ready to fight to the death, and you'll have something like this nightmarish debut...Thomas' whirlwind pace, painful details, simmering sexual content, and moments of truly shocking ultra-violence thrust this movie-ready high school thriller to the head of the class." - Booklist (starred review)
Publisher: EgmontUSA
ISBN-13: 9781606844380
ISBN-10: 1606844385
Published on 6/11/2013
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
Book Reviews (2)
This book was just ok. Quarantine: The Loners has been on my to read list for quite some time now and I've finally gotten around to it. In Quarantine: The Loners, a virus is released inside the walls of McKinley High. All of the adults immediately die gruesome deaths but, somehow the teenagers survive. As they begin 'burying' the teachers, all of the seniors start to die too. The military comes in wearing hazmat suits and tells them that only teenagers going through puberty are immune to this disease and once they leave puberty the disease will begin to kill them. Every week there is a drop that gives food and clothing so naturally people join up and create gangs. It took me about a month to finish this 404 (I've counted the pages several times) page book. This is definitely a 12+ book for the gruesome deaths and dating drama. A lot of people have told me this book is like The Hunger Games (a book I really enjoyed), but I disagree. Other than the fact that a bunch of teenagers are trying to kill each other, they had no similarities. (hey, wait a second...) Something I found really annoying is that POV switched rather randomly. The first half of the book is narrated by David then, out of the blue, one chapter is narrated by his brother, Will. Then it's the love interest. Then, the antagonist. Also with most books that switch POV the name of the narrator is at the top of the page. This book just leaves you guessing. I should also add that this book is written in 3rd person, not 1st which just adds to the confusion. Put in an abrupt ending and you leave me not wanting to read the so needed sequel. Overall, I would skip this book and read something a little less gruesome.