Aftershock

by Kelly Easton

Book Overview

Seventeen-year-old Adam and his parents are driving home to Rhode Island from a peace rally in Seattle when the accident happens. In a single, horrible moment, his parents are gone. And Adam is alone.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416900527
• ISBN13: 9781416900528
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Aftershock

This book was about a boy named Adam, who got onto a car crash and traveled cross-country.The main character of this book was the boy Adam, but also some people who helped him got to his destination. Adam had many problems in th book such as: he couldn't talk and he couldnt really hear to well. I would recommend this book to anyone.

How Adam puts together the pieces of a changed world makes for riveting reading.

History comes to life in a survey of their family's changes. Kelly Easton's AFTERSHOCK holds explicit violence and underlying sexuality along with the story of a 17-year-old who is the sole survivor of a fatal car crash. How Adam puts together the pieces of a changed world makes for riveting reading.

buy this for your teenage boy

This will get your heart pounding. I always read everything before my kids do. Even though this book is about a boy dealing with grief, it's more about his life and the life of many boys in this country have to deal with the pressures of being macho. I thought that the sex in the book was handled with a lot responsibility. There's a lot of crass reading out there for this age group. This book was a class act. I am a therapist and am recommending it to my teen readers, male and female. It's a can't put it down read that will haunt you long after you're finished.

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Life can completely change in a moment. Seventeen-year-old Adam's life changes the moment his family's car hits a deer on a back road in Idaho. He and his bookstore-owning, pacifist parents have traveled from Rhode Island for a peace vigil, but only Adam will be heading home. His parents die instantly leaving Adam helpless on the side of the road. In shock, Adam begins walking. His mind is spinning with past memories and present pain. His only constant, steady thought? To get home. This journey without any emotional and financial support would be challenging enough, but to complicate matters Adam finds he can't speak. Adam's journey is filled with dangerous situations, a few truly kind and generous people, and others out to make his life miserable. Through his exhaustion and hunger he continues to focus on the life he had in Rhode Island. Dreams of the family's bookstore, his girlfriend Mira, and even his irritating Aunt Margarite and her son, Joey, keep Adam heading toward hope and home. AFTERSHOCK is a tale of survival and the compelling human need to carry on even after heartbreaking tragedy. Adam's strength and courage will touch all who read his story. Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"

A fascinating journey of a teenage boy ... trying to make his way home

This is a great book, and I couldn't put it down. I became immersed in the harrowing journey of 17 year old Adam. Aftershock is incredibly suspenseful, and I couldn't decipher what would happen next. While reading the book, I felt that the main character, Adam was multi-dimensional, and that I really got to know him, and I empathised with the situation he was in, and his feelings. Aftershock is a very good title for this book. Aftershock is a book about what it is like to be a teenage boy and to experience confusion, loss, and diffficulties, and to continue in spite of everything. There were humorous bits woven throughout, which I think helped to lessen the intensity. Aftershock is extremely well-written and readable. I felt the book stayed with me long after reading it, and I was sad to finish it. I would recommend this book to all teenage readers. It is a very stimulating book and one of the best books I've read for a very long time!