They thought they were the only ones left. They were wrong.
After the unexpected revelation at the end of the first book, Donna and Jefferson are separated. Jefferson returns to NYC and tries to bring a cure to the Sickness back to the Washington Square tribe, while Donna finds herself in England, facing an unimaginable new world. Can the two reunite and prevent an even greater disaster than the Sickness?
This second book in The Young World trilogy will keep you at the edge of your seat.
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"Weitz offers a satisfying YA interpretation of the Greek classic Anabasis, brimming with grisly encounters and gallows humor. He also finds room to touch upon issues of race, class, commercialism, and sexuality in nuanced moments that are sharply juxtaposed with the near-constant dangers and seeming hopelessness of the larger picture."
— Publishers Weekly
“The fascination of turning allusiveness into action may even explain the desire of an author as potentially imaginative and original as Chris Weitz to write such crisply practical, such shrewdly shameless, popular entertainments.”
— New York Times Book Review on The Young World“A broken NYC is so compelling that readers will find it hard to put this book down.”
— School Library Journal on The Young World“A postapocalyptic teen novel that’s far from just another postapocalyptic teen novel.”
— Kirkus Reviews on The Young WorldThe Young World is a thrilling postapocalyptic page-turner.”
— Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, on The Young WorldThe Young World is a thrilling post-apocalyptic page-turner.
— Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a WallflowerThe Young World is captivating with its constant action that will draw readers in and keep them enthralled until the very end.
— VOYAThe fascination of turning allusiveness into action may even explain the desire of an author as potentially imaginative and original as Chris Weitz to write such crisply practical, such shrewdly shameless, popular entertainments.
— The New York Times Book ReviewA broken NYC is so compelling that readers will find it hard to put this book down.
— School Library JournalTelling his story in the alternating voices of Jeff and Donna, noted film director Weitz, in his first YA novel, has done a good job of meticulously building his postapocalyptic world.
— BooklistThis is a page-turner that will hook readers from the beginning.
— Library Media Connection[A] pretty irresistible spot to end, guaranteeing interest in the remaining two novels of this promised trilogy.
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Chris Weitz is an American writer and award-winning movie producer. He is best known as the director of Twilight: New Moon, A Better Life, About a Boy, American Pie, and The Golden Compass. The Young World is his first novel.
Christine Lakin is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and acclaimed television actress, best known for her roles as Alicia “Al” Lambert on the hit family comedy Step by Step and as Joan of Arc on Showtime’s Reefer Madness.
Spencer Locke has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including Without a Trace, Cold Case, Spanglish, Resident Evil: Extinction, and Monster House, for which she received an Annie Award Nomination for voice acting.