The compound
After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on th...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Feiwel and Friends,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all. |
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| Physical Description: | 248 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Audience: | Ages 12 and up. |
| ISBN: | 9780312370152 0312370156 9780312575397 |
| Author Notes: | S.A. Bodeen is the author of The Gardener and several picture books, including Elizabeti's Doll , winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award. The Compound earned her an ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults, a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, and a Publishers Weekly "Flying Start." Bodeen grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Her first friends were cows, which she named after characters in books. From there she went on to be a Peace Corps volunteer in East Africa, and has lived in seven states, as well as a remote Pacific island. She adores books and is a big fan of cheese. She lives in Oregon. |
