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A death-struck year

A death-struck year

Historical FictionYoung Adult
Pages
282
Published
2014
Language
English

Synopsis

In 1918, as the Spanish influenza epidemic sweeps through Portland, Oregon, seventeen-year-old Cleo leaves her comfortable boarding school. She joins the Red Cross, stepping into a world forever changed by the devastating illness. Cleo must navigate the challenges of the pandemic while finding her place in a society grappling with widespread loss.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

MelancholicHopeful
Coming of AgeSurvivalFish Out of Water

Genres

Historical Fiction Young Adult History

About the author

M
Makiia Lucier

Makiia Lucier grew up on the Pacific island of Guam and holds degrees in journalism and library science; she has since lived across Saipan, Oregon, Colorado, Italy, New Hampshire, Idaho, and North Carolina. A former librarian, she writes young adult fiction drawing on history and mythology, including the Isle of Blood and Stone duology, the historical novel A Death-Struck Year, and Year of the Reaper, a historical fantasy and mystery set in a fictionalized post-plague Spain.

Characters

CleoProtagonist
All characters in A death-struck year