Dread Nation

by Ireland, Justina
ISBN: 9780062570611
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New York Times bestseller * Six starred reviews

At once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Ireland's stunning vision of an America both foreign and familiar--a country on the brink, at the explosive crossroads where race, humanity, and survival meet.

Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania--derailing the War Between the States and changing the nation forever.

In this new America, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Education Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead.

But there are also opportunities--and Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. It's a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane. After all, not even being the daughter of a wealthy white Southern woman could save her from society's expectations.

But that's not a life Jane wants. Almost finished with her education at Miss Preston's School of Combat in Baltimore, Jane is set on returning to her Kentucky home and doesn't pay much mind to the politics of the eastern cities, with their talk of returning America to the glory of its days before the dead rose.

But when families around Baltimore County begin to go missing, Jane is caught in the middle of a conspiracy, one that finds her in a desperate fight for her life against some powerful enemies.

And the restless dead, it would seem, are the least of her problems.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Ireland, Justina
  • ISBN: 9780062570611
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.00 x 1.25
  • Number Of Pages: 480
  • Publication Year: 2019

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    Chelsea B. - 9 months ago

    In this alternative history, shamblers (zombies) rise from the ground at the battle of Gettysburg. From here, the history of the United States takes an unexpected turn. Jane McKeene, our headstrong, brave, biracial, female protagonist is enrolled in a combat school. Once Black and Native American children reach a certain age, they are forced to join these combat schools to learn how to kill shamblers as well as to learn "proper etiquette." The plot was thought-provoking and suspenseful. There was a balance of fighting, romance and strong female characters that find themselves in some messed up situations. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a good zombie read, or if they're just looking for a thrill.

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