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After the Bomb

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I read this book when I was in 5th grade. I'm 19 now, and to this day, I still remember the impact that book had on me. I remember imaging the descriptions in the book and how they gave me the chills. A year or two ago I tried finding it in the local library, but they didn't even have it in the system. I really want to read it again. So glad I found it on here!

I read this book in 5th or 6th grade. I'm turning 30 this year and the themes and elements of this book have stuck with me over the years. Back in '89 it seemed like "the bomb" was inevitable and this book did expressed the horrors of nuclear holocaust, and the personal cost better than any other book, movie or TV show that I was exposed to as an 11-year old.

I'm happy to see this book is still being read by young people today.

Genre: Sad Story
Philip, Matt, Mother, Father, Friend Cara, expireance a nuclear bomb. Philip has to take his burnt mother to the hospital all alone. He helps save lives and gets his mother to a Burnt Center. His brother and him go looking for his father.
What I liked most about this book is it makes you not want to stop reading. It has sad and happy things. It sounds like it really happened.
What I didn't like was the begining, because it didn't grab my attention right away.
My favotite character is Philip. I like Philip because it was all up to him to help his mom and help other people and he is a hero.
"Wait a munute!" the nurse cried, noticing Philip for the first time, and checking the number. "She's out of turn! the next patient should be 24." "Please! Philip cried. "Please take her!" "Theres only room for 12 orderly? Bring out the next patient." "Is this your mother, son?" the doctor asked. "Yes!" The doctor berely hesitated. "Nurse don't hold us up. Give her the shot. Lets keep things moving. Go on, son. Take ger out." Pg. 149. This is my favorite scene and it is on that page number.
What I would say about this book to someone else is that this is a great book to read and I would suggest it to them. It grabs your attention.
One question I have after reading this book is: What happens with his father, his mother, and all the distruction?
My strongest reason for recommending this book is it's a very good book. It is mistereous and it's very interesting. I loved reading this book.

I am in seventh grade and reading this book right now. It has to be the most powerful and emotional book I have ever read. As the premise becomes more relevant in today's world, I am scared reading it, even though I am not growing up in the Cold War.

After the Bomb is one of the best books I have ever read. After the Bomb is about a kid named Philip. His brother (Matt) dates the girl that he likes (Cara). Philip is sitting in his fort which is also a bomb shelter. When Cara and Matt walk in. They start talking and then it happens. The bomb goes of. Matt goes to see if his mother is alwright. They find her but she is badly burnt. Philip goes out when Matt, and he gets his mom to the hospital. Philip is devistated to see all of the dead and and badly burned victims of this catastrophe. He finds a nurse who tells him to go look for water.He helps the hospital and now is trying to get his mom helped with her burns. At the end I wanted more. I recomend this book to everybody.

I first read this book when I was 7th grade, that was 7 years ago. That has got to be one of the best books I have ever read in my life. I'm now 18 and to this day I still remember reading that book and it's sequel. The book is about a boy who get's stuck in the basement/bomb shelter and is there when a nuclear bomb is accidently fired at california (where he live's), and after the explosion he goes off to find his family. I think it's the kind of book a kid should read at that age, it show's bravery, and courage, and how beliving in yourself can get you far.

This book shows what a life would be like after a Nuclear Bomb. It shows how the world would be switched. Total Choas. This shows it from the point a of a teenager, who has to struggle to save his mother, his friends, and himself. The book is action packed. A best-seller in my opinion.

If you like this book, as I did while I was in middle school, please go ahead and read the sequel, After the Bomb: Week One. It resolves all of the sad issues of the first book, trust me. Enjoy!