" This feels like such a departure for Karen Hesse, and I often like to see an author branch out in new directions. Protagonist Radley is on a goodwill mission working with children in Haiti when the assassination of the U.S. president and subsequent takeover by the "American People's Party" occurs. Radly makes her way back to the US, but finds a dystopian world unlike any she has ever known. Using photographs by the author, who actually walked the journey she has her main character take, we see a privileged teenager learn to survive, first on her own, then in community. This is a milder HANDMAID'S TALE (Margaret Atwood) but unfortunately, just as possible and chilling. I like how Radley grows and changes from the beginning of the book until the end and think this could be a thought-provoking book for group discussion. "
— Anne, 1/30/2014