Rot & Ruin

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Location	Collection	Call #
ACLA Mobile Library Services	Teen Fiction	YA MABE
Location	ACLA Mobile Library Services
Collection	Teen Fiction
Call Number	YA MABE
CLP - Main Library	Teen Department - Teen Fiction	TEEN PAPERBACK Maberry
Location	CLP - Main Library
Collection	Teen Department - Teen Fiction
Call Number	TEEN PAPERBACK Maberry
Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale	Young Adult Fiction	YA Fic Mab
Location	Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale
Collection	Young Adult Fiction
Call Number	YA Fic Mab
Carnegie Library of McKeesport	Young Adult Fiction	YA F MAB
Location	Carnegie Library of McKeesport
Collection	Young Adult Fiction
Call Number	YA F MAB
Moon Township Public Library	Young Adult Fiction	YA F MABERRY
Location	Moon Township Public Library
Collection	Young Adult Fiction
Call Number	YA F MABERRY
Sewickley Public Library	Young Adult Fiction	YA MAB
Location	Sewickley Public Library
Collection	Young Adult Fiction
Call Number	YA MAB

 

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CLP - Squirrel Hill	Teen Fiction	CHECKED OUT
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Collection	Teen Fiction
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Summary

Published Reviews

Booklist Review: "It's been 14 years since First Night, when the dead came back to life. Six billion people have died (and reanimated) since then, and America has collapsed into isolated communities living within the great Rot and Ruin. Benny is 15, which means it's time to get a job or face cut rations, but his general laziness leaves him with only one employment option: join his stuffy, sword-swinging, Japanese half-brother, Tom, as an apprentice bounty hunter. This means heading beyond the gates to slice and dice zoms, but Benny quickly begins to see the undead in a new light as well as realizing that Tom is much more than he ever let on. The plot is driven by an evil bounty-hunter rival and the cruel games he plays, but Maberry has more than gore on his mind. The chief emotion here is sadness, and the book plays out like an extended elegy for a lost world. Tom's a bit too perfect and his pontification too extended, but this is nevertheless an impressive mix of meaning and mayhem.--Kraus, Daniel Copyright 2010 Booklist"
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Publisher's Weekly Review: "The delineation between man and monster, survivor and victim is fiercely debated in Maberry's (Patient Zero) thoughtful, postapocalyptic coming-of-age tale. In Mountainside, an oasis of civilization in a world ravaged by zombies, residents must find work at age 15 or have their rations halved. With every other option exhausted, Benny Imura reluctantly apprentices with his older brother, Tom, as a zombie killer, despite blaming Tom for their parents' deaths. As Benny accompanies Tom into the hostile wilderness, he learns how wrong he was about many things, from the supposed "coolness" of larger-than-life bounty hunter Charlie Matthias to the inhuman nature of "zoms" and the true purpose of Tom's work. The eye-opening experiences continue when Charlie kidnaps Benny's potential girlfriend, Nix, as part of his efforts to track down the fabled Lost Girl, who holds the key to a deadly secret. In turns mythic and down-to-earth, this intense novel combines adventure and philosophy to tell a truly memorable zombie story, one that forces readers to consider them not just as flesh-eating monsters or things to be splattered, but as people. Ages 12-up. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved."
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Additional Information

Series	Maberry, Jonathan. Rot & Ruin ; bk. 1.
Subjects	Zombies -- Fiction. Survival -- Fiction. Bounty hunters -- Fiction. Brothers -- Fiction. Young adult fiction.
Publisher	New York :Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,2010
Edition	1st ed.
Language	English
Description	458 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN	9781442402324 (hardcover) 1442402326 (hardcover) 9781442402331 (pbk.) 1442402334 (pbk.)
Other	Classic View