The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty, 362 pages. Random House, 2019. $17.
Content: Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS – OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Eleanor is a middle schooler whose
grandfather is a survivalist and she has been run through drills her whole life,
just in case. When Eleanor reads of an asteroid
that is headed towards earth and will crash into the planet in April, Eleanor
begins to take her grandfather’s skills seriously. Eleanor shares her concerns with her best
friend, Mac, and together they start a survivalist club at school. But when Eleanor’s father hears of her
obsession and fears, he tries to stop her club and forbids Eleanor from talking
to her grandfather about the end of the world.
I loved McAnulty’s book, The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, so I was
super excited about this book. I enjoyed
the beginning of the book and the premise of Eleanor’s middle school drama, but
by the end I was frustrated with Eleanor’s inability to listen to those who
loved her over the rantings of a scientist online. The ending was hard to read because Eleanor
couldn’t get out of her own way and it became too predictable.
Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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