

Four strangers fight for the lives they want in this emotional young adult novel from Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen sure to strike a chord. They are four different people with four separate lives: Sue, a young woman distanced from her native roots; David, a traveler in search...

The common theme of nuclear disaster and human vulnerability interweaves the lives of four young people, an Ojibway Indian, an illegal Mexican migrant worker, a rock musician, and a sheep rancher's daughter with the lives of three veterans of past wars.






They are four different people with separate lives; Sue, a young woman distanced from her roots; David, a traveler in search of a dream; Laura, a student seeking her parents? understanding; and Peter, a struggling rock star. One fate threatens them . . . everything they love...