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| Original Title: | Monument 14 |
| ISBN: | 0312569033 (ISBN13: 9780312569037) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://us.macmillan.com/monument14/EmmyLaybourne |
| Series: | Monument 14 #1 |
| Setting: | Denver, Colorado(United States) |
Emmy Laybourne
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.9 | 21459 Users | 2955 Reviews
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| Title | : | Monument 14 (Monument 14 #1) |
| Author | : | Emmy Laybourne |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | June 5th 2012 by Feiwel & Friends |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic |
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Your mother hollers that you're going to miss the bus. She can see it coming down the street. You don't stop and hug her and tell her you love her. You don't thank her for being a good, kind, patient mother. Of course not-you launch yourself down the stairs and make a run for the corner. Only, if it's the last time you'll ever see your mother, you sort of start to wish you'd stopped and did those things. Maybe even missed the bus. But the bus was barreling down our street, so I ran. Fourteen kids. One superstore. A million things that go wrong. “Laybourne’s debut ably turns what could have been yet another post apocalyptic YA novel into a tense, claustrophobic, and fast-paced thriller.” (Publishers Weekly) When Dean raced out the door to catch the school bus, he didn’t realize it would be the last time he’d ever see his mom. After a freak hailstorm sends the bus crashing into a superstore, Dean and a group of students of all ages are left to fend for themselves. They soon realize the hailstorm and the crash are the least of their worries. After seeing a series of environmental and chemical disasters ravage the outside world, they realize they’re trapped inside the store. Unable to communicate with the ones they love, the group attempts to cobble together a new existence. As they struggle to survive, Dean and the others must decide which risk is greater: leaving… or staying. Monument 14 is a post-apocalyptic YA novel that transcends age barriers. If you like heart-stopping suspense, realistic characters, and new takes on survival novels, then you’ll love the first book in Emmy Laybourne’s Monument 14 series.Rating About Books Monument 14 (Monument 14 #1)
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After reading this book for the second time (three years after the first time), I'm changing my rating from 5 to 2 stars!This time around, I had several problems with the story. The plot is great, it just isn't executed very well.The older kids seem a bit too calm and collected right after the tragedy happens. There is an overall lack of emotion, it's hard to believe that two of the characters are brothers. When there are emotional or romantic moments, they come out of nowhere and seem over theI finished this book within less than 5 hours! Its a great read! Can not wait to read the next one :D
Originally Reviewed on The Book SmugglersThe day begins like any other. Dean hears his mother calling out that his bus has arrived to take him to school, and he rushes out the door to make sure he gets on in time. The bus ride is uneventful until impossible large hailstones start falling from the sky, destroying hapless cars and causing the bus to crash in a spectacular wreck. Luckily for Dean and his fellow bus-riding high schoolers, they're picked up and saved by the elementary and middle
Lately, Ive been growing increasingly tired of all the apocalypse scenarios were being bombarded with. Getting me to read one without whining too hard is no small feat, my friends. But even though Monument 14 has been getting some very mixed reviews, I felt weirdly drawn to it from the start and surprisingly enough, ended up enjoying it. Well call this intuition, although dumb luck might be more accurate. Emmy Laybournes version of the apocalypse is what makes Monument 14 work. None of it is too
The whole story is told from Alex's POV; from what I can remember his age is never confirmed, so I assumed he's about 16/17. I thought it was pretty authentically written and believable. I'm not a teenage boy obviously, but I do own one of the creatures and Alex's thinking seemed age appropriate and pretty spot on to me.Set in the future (2024) there are a few differences - there's a fuel shortage for example so all students have to take the bus, all electronic devises are run off 'the grid'
It was possible that Sahalia hadnt realized she was pretty much sticking her butt in our faces. And maybe she hadnt known just how sheer that shirt would get.But it seemed to me she wanted us to see her body.She wanted to be wanted. Just by the weakness of the storyline and the nonexistent/unexplained setting alone and the extremely feminine and unconvincingly male narrator, this book is pretty fucking bad and best described as a "clusterfuck." When you add in slut shaming of a 13-year old girl
I have wanted to get my mitts on a good natural disaster book since I finished Mr Mullins Ashfall so when I saw Monument 14 on Netgalley I practically fell over myself to request it. Kids? Living in Walmart? Bad things happening to them? MEGATSUNAMIS?!Yes. Yes. Yes. And oh my goodness, YES. But, ladies and gentlemen, I am officially disappointed and sad.I thought this book was going to be how I imagine what would happen if The Breakfast Club found that they had survived an apocalypse [something
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