Cured : stung novel #2 / Bethany Wiggins.

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Title:

Author:

Wiggins, Bethany.

ISBN:

9780802734204

Publication Information:

New York : Walker Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury, 2014.

Physical Description:

314 pages ; 22 cm

Series:

Stung Novel #2

Series Title:

Stung Novel #2

General Note:

Sequel to: Stung.

Abstract:

Now cured, Fiona Tarsis and her twin, Jonah, set out to find their mother with the help of Bowen and former neighbor Jacqui, planning to spread the cure along the way, but raiders will do anything to stop them and new ally Kevin may have ties to those raiders.

Subject Term:

Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.

Twins -- Juvenile fiction.

Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction.

Survival -- Juvenile fiction.

Science fiction -- Juvenile fiction.

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Summary

Now that Fiona Tarsis and her twin brother, Jonah, are no longer beasts, they set out to find their mother, with the help of Bowen and a former neighbor, Jacqui. Heading for a safe settlement rumored to be in Wyoming, they plan to spread the cure along the way--until they are attacked by raiders. Luckily, they find a new ally in Kevin, who saves them and leads them to safety in his underground shelter. But the more they get to know Kevin, the more they suspect he has ties to the raiders. He also seems to know too many details about Jacqui and her family-details that could endanger them all. For the raiders will do anything they can to destroy the cure that would bring an end to their way of life. Bethany Wiggins's reimagining of our world after an environmental catastrophe won't fail to stun readers.

Reviews (2)

Horn Book Review

Jacqui lives as Jack in a dangerous zombie-ish dystopia caused by a vaccine's unforeseen effects. Searching for her missing older brother, Jacqui joins forces with Fiona Tarsis (Stung), who has the cure for the rabid vaccine recipients, but they are sidetracked by raiders. Mysterious romance and eleventh-hour reveals do not rescue this sequel from its meandering plot and clunky gender politics. (c) Copyright 2014. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

Jack Bloom leaves behind a sheltered, if slightly warped, suburban life to seek missing brother Dean and Mrs. Tarsis, the woman Dean tried to lead to safety, in this simmering sequel to Stung (2013). Exercise and rationing have turned Jack from a chubby and sensitive child into a hardened survivalist, but even three years of deprivationdelivered in flashbacksoutside the safety of the walled city of Denver cannot successfully transform Jacqui Aislynn Bloom into a boy. As in the first book, women are a hot commodity, and Jack is doubly endangered when she travels with fierce but feminine Fiona "Fo" Tarsis to find their missing family members. Accompanied by Fo's beau, Dreyden Bowen, and Fo's emotionally and physically scarred brother, Jonah, the girls soon add another manthe sexy but enigmatic Kevinto their group as they run into raiders, romantic entanglements and other typical teen dystopian troubles. While the Mad Maxesque raiders and zombielike beasts (children transformed into murderous monsters by their vaccines against the bee flu) seem to be standard post-apocalyptic fare, Wiggins poignantly raises issues of transformation and redemption. Despair and destruction are sweetened by hope and love. (Science fiction. 14 up)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.