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Surviving a massive alien siege is one thing-surviving humanity is another. I'm all cried out. I'm still alone. The sky is full of giant spinning black balls that kill anyone stupid enough to go outside. I've only been out of the car twice - once to pee and once to look at the sky. That one look was enough for me. Now I sit alone in the car, staring out the window like a rat in a cage. But I don't have anyone to look at. The parking garage is empty, except for twisted-up cars, broken glass and the smell of leaking gasoline. POD is the story of a global cataclysmic event, told from the view points of Megs, a 12-year-old streetwise girl trapped in a hotel parking garage in Los Angeles; and 16-year-old Josh, who is stuck in a house in Prosser, Washington, with his increasingly obsessive compulsive father. Food and water and time are running out. Will Megs survive long enough to find her mother? Will Josh and his father survive each other?
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About the Author:
Stephen Wallenfels lives in the sunny desert of eastern Washington with his wife and, when the stars align, his Seattle-based son. He is the marketing and IT director at a large health club, but also works as a freelance writer specializing in the health and fitness industry. Stephen enjoys any sport involving a ball and a racquet. He likes to camp, cook, and read—preferably at the same time. POD is his first novel.
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In Prosser, Washington, 15-year-old Josh and his father awake to a screeching, ear-splitting noise, which, turns out, announces an alien occupation. Then the pods show up, giant spheres of pearl gray suspended in the sky, waiting. Anyone daring to venture outside his or her home is zapped. In L.A. that same morning, 12-year-old Megs says good-bye to her mother in a hotel parking garage. When the aliens arrive, Megs finds herself surviving off crumbs found in other cars. Wallenfels never shows readers the aliens. Though they seem bent on starving people out of their homes, the real horror is what humans do to each other. This is especially the case on Megs' side of the story. Thugs regulate the food, water, and medicine supply inside the hotel; separate families; and kill anyone challenging their authority. However, the dire circumstances don't negate the humor, the hormones, or the humanity found in the young narrators. This is solid, straightforward sci-fi—unfortunately, a rarity in these times when vampires and zombies reign unchecked. Grades 8-11. --Courtney Jones
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- Publishernamelos
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1608980103
- ISBN 13 9781608980109
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages212
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