![]() ![]() ![]() Much of the story is about the kids teaching one another basic survival skills like driving cars and shooting guns while the City's population grows. Eventually, she gathers the kids together, moves them into a local school, and calls the building the City of Glenbard. When a local gang starts attacking kids for their supplies, Lisa brainstorms about how to protect what she has and how to recruit other kids on her street to form a better defense against the gangs. Lisa is foraging for supplies and bringing them home to her younger brother. Nelson's 1975 novel by the same title (Lerner) tells a story that will intrigue young readers everywhere: what would happen if all of the adults were gone? As the book opens, a mysterious virus has killed everyone over the age of 12. ![]()
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