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Praise for The Undoing: "The Undoing is young adult dystopian literature at its best: a thoroughly engrossing story that will reach from young adult into adult audiences...follow a group of young people who increasingly realize how their ordered world really works...and have growing questions about its costs...Readers will find the first book in The Undoing Trilogy a complex story of social order and disorder, presenting a devastating plan that is attacked by a girl who always believed her strengths lay in another direction. YA dystopian fiction readers are in for a treat with The Undoing."- D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
(read the full review here: http://www.midwestbookreview.com/mbw/sep_19.htm#dianedonovan.
In her 14 years, all Rebecca has known is life under the rigid structure of Anecor. She knows the rules. She knows how to play the game. Now everything she knows is about to change...
The Reckoning destroyed the United States of America. Survivors of the assault, led by the newly elected president, are now subject to his rules. The Vision controls nearly every aspect of life in the country now known as Anecor.
Rebecca and Jonathan grew up under the strict rules and watchful “eye” of SMALS, an AI system that monitors citizens’ every move through phones and internal trackers. Those who don’t follow the rules are disappeared.
Never to be seen again.
When a strange virus strikes the city of Montrose, the residents panic as more of their friends, family, and acquaintances are stricken. No one knows how the virus spreads and scientists have found no cure. There have been no survivors. When the virus strikes Jonathan, Rebecca’s world turns upside down.
Jonathan reveals to Rebecca his suspicions about the virus and the discovery of a mysterious glow of purple light behind a nearby mountain. It is up to Rebecca to continue the work he started. It is up to her to unravel the mystery of the virus and the purple light. It is up to her to save her city.
Rebecca will have to risk everything, including her life, to keep her promise to Jonathan.
Her life is about to change. And so will the rules of the game.
And to succeed, it will mean joining in a perilous battle for the survival of Anecor.
(read the full review here: http://www.midwestbookreview.com/mbw/sep_19.htm#dianedonovan.
In her 14 years, all Rebecca has known is life under the rigid structure of Anecor. She knows the rules. She knows how to play the game. Now everything she knows is about to change...
The Reckoning destroyed the United States of America. Survivors of the assault, led by the newly elected president, are now subject to his rules. The Vision controls nearly every aspect of life in the country now known as Anecor.
Rebecca and Jonathan grew up under the strict rules and watchful “eye” of SMALS, an AI system that monitors citizens’ every move through phones and internal trackers. Those who don’t follow the rules are disappeared.
Never to be seen again.
When a strange virus strikes the city of Montrose, the residents panic as more of their friends, family, and acquaintances are stricken. No one knows how the virus spreads and scientists have found no cure. There have been no survivors. When the virus strikes Jonathan, Rebecca’s world turns upside down.
Jonathan reveals to Rebecca his suspicions about the virus and the discovery of a mysterious glow of purple light behind a nearby mountain. It is up to Rebecca to continue the work he started. It is up to her to unravel the mystery of the virus and the purple light. It is up to her to save her city.
Rebecca will have to risk everything, including her life, to keep her promise to Jonathan.
Her life is about to change. And so will the rules of the game.
And to succeed, it will mean joining in a perilous battle for the survival of Anecor.
Gatsby is no ordinary house cat. He's a travel cat! Join Gatsby on an adventure in Mesa Verde...
Gatsby lives in a home on wheels, traveling in North America with his people. He and his sister, Juliette, find adventure wherever they go. On their first morning in Mesa Verde, the duo see a sign about a couple's missing cat and know they have to help! Working as a team, Gatsby and Juliette go in search of the lost cat. Along the way, they learn about the ancient Pueblo people and the place they called home.
Gatsby lives in a home on wheels, traveling in North America with his people. He and his sister, Juliette, find adventure wherever they go. On their first morning in Mesa Verde, the duo see a sign about a couple's missing cat and know they have to help! Working as a team, Gatsby and Juliette go in search of the lost cat. Along the way, they learn about the ancient Pueblo people and the place they called home.
In the fall of 2017, my best friend and I made the decision to take to the road in an RV with our four cats. It was a scary thought, as we imagined all that could go wrong: everything from a cat escaping on us to our cats getting hurt in an accident to any one of them just not being happy in a small space. We spent time reading information from a variety of blogs and websites. While these had great information, none of them covered all of the topics we were looking for. We tried to think of everything in terms of how to make the space safe and comfortable while also providing for entertainment and exercise. Even with all of the preparations, once we began our life on the road, we discovered that there was still a lot we had overlooked. We had some anxious moments and a few mishaps (like my cat, Gatsby, escaping through the slide in the screen door...more than once) and we learned a lot in the process. Our cats are now very well adjusted and very happy with their new life. They are happier than they were in their stationary life, and we cannot imagine them going back to their old life.
In this book, I have compiled tips for getting ready to travel with your cat or cats in an RV. I cover the journey from preparations to your vehicle and what to bring for kitty from home to what to prepare for on travel days and whether to leash train your cat for outside time. These tips are based on our experiences. It is my hope that these tips will offer reassurances in your decision to live in an RV with your cat(s) and in what you are doing to prepare for this new adventure. I also hope to reduce the trial-and-error and anxious moments by covering some less than obvious and easily overlooked aspects of RV travel with cats.
In spite of what it might seem like now, cats can thrive in the RV life. This book will guide you through steps to shorten the adjustment period for your cats, and give you peace of mind in your decision to embark on this new journey.
In this book, I have compiled tips for getting ready to travel with your cat or cats in an RV. I cover the journey from preparations to your vehicle and what to bring for kitty from home to what to prepare for on travel days and whether to leash train your cat for outside time. These tips are based on our experiences. It is my hope that these tips will offer reassurances in your decision to live in an RV with your cat(s) and in what you are doing to prepare for this new adventure. I also hope to reduce the trial-and-error and anxious moments by covering some less than obvious and easily overlooked aspects of RV travel with cats.
In spite of what it might seem like now, cats can thrive in the RV life. This book will guide you through steps to shorten the adjustment period for your cats, and give you peace of mind in your decision to embark on this new journey.