The Living by Matt de la Pena
The Living is a riveting, modern, realistic fiction novel of survival. Shy Espinoza is working a summer job on a cruise ship when a huge earthquake hits the west coast and sends several tsunami waves across the US, destroying the ship Shy is on. Shy is left in a life raft in the middle of the ocean, trying to survive in shark-infested waters. Once he makes it to a remote island, Shy begins to realize that the illness that killed his grandmother was created in a laboratory and has now been released into a populace that is trying to recover from natural disasters. This novel tackles class derision, global disasters, and romance wrapped up in a survival story led by an inconspicuous hero.
Grades 9 and up.
De la Peña, M. (2015). The living. New York: Ember.
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