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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
Gr 8-11 In 2002, high school outcast Cora Holman's mom dies of a mysterious brain aneurysm, preceded by flulike symptoms. Then Cora, Owen Eberman, and two of their friends gradually come down with a similar ailment. Meanwhile, in Pakistan, 16-year-old computer genius and cyber-spy Shahzad, who is working for the U.S. government, has uncovered information about a terror threat called Red Vinegar, and he is taken...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
This harrowing thriller sifts through a kaleidoscope of perspectives to tell the story of a biological attack on an insignificant New Jersey suburb, focusing on the four young adults primarily affected. High school students Cora and Owen have little in common until their mothers die of a strange "flu" within twenty-four hours of each other. Scattered clues and suspicions, pursued by Owen's paramedic older brother, Scott, build to the realization that the illness was part of a terrorist attack on the water s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2008
This harrowing thriller tells of a biological attack on a New Jersey suburb, focusing on the four young adults, complicated and distinct,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More