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Z for Zachariah
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A for Adam, Z for Zachariah - the first and the last. A sixteen-year-old girl keeps her diary after a nuc…more

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Lucy
Jun 07, 2008 rated it liked it
Ann Burden is sixteen years old, and the last person alive. She knows this because after the disaster, her family went off to search for survivors, and they never came back. Her valley is safe, somehow protected from the nuclear disaster that has wiped out the rest of the world by some sort of weather formation. And so she tills her field and keeps her house and stays alive, alone. Until he comes. When John Loomis shows up in her valley, wearing a safe suit that protects him from radiation, Ann ...more
William
Jan 19, 2009 rated it it was amazing
Excellent short read. This is the tale of a young girl who finds herself alone after the nuclear holocaust. Eventually a man arrives in her valley and her troubles really begin. A haunting tale of survival.
Megan
I realized recently in conversation that I don't remember this book at all! I know I loved it as a kid though. ...more
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