Neptune's Children

By Bonnie Dobkin
(Walker Childrens, Hardcover, 9780802797346, 272pp.)

Publication Date: April 29, 2008

Categories: General

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A day at the fabled amusement park Isles of Wonder turns deadly when a world-wide biological attack kills every adult, leaving behind only the kids to fend for themselves. Isolated from the world, unsure of what lies ahead, the young survivors assemble under the statue of King Neptune, the mythical ruler of the Isles, to form a new society.  Led by the children of the park workers, they choose to remain closed off from the outside world living relatively comfortably inside the self-contained park. But when violence from the infested outside world appears to infiltrate their safe zone, one small group discovers a secret society and a hidden system of underground tunnels, and the stage is set for a war that will determine the future of everyone on the Isles.

As alliances are formed and broken, readers will find themselves taking sides in this suspenseful adventure story that addresses the duality of human nature.  




About the Author

Bonnie Dobkin is the author of Dreamspinner a 2006 Book Sense Pick.  She is an language arts textbook editor and lives outside Chicago with her husband and three sons.  

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