Age: 16
Title: Epitaph Road
Author: David Patneaude
Publisher: Egmont USA
Pub Date: 02/2010
Galley: Yes
Nominate for Teens’ Top 10: Yes
Recommend: Yes
Convince us to read the book: Epitaph Road is a curious, exciting read about a young man who grows up in a world where women rule and a "plague" has wiped out almost all men on earth. Finding out about a plot to kill his birth father, he undertakes a quest to find him and warn him about the almost certain death. This book is told from a new perspective, in a world that seems very realistic.
Compelling Aspect of the Book: The best part of this book is that it is told from the perspective of a young teenage boy that has grown up in a world of women. This sort of circumstance is usually reversed in the books similar to this one; it proves to be a provocative read.
Comments: I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in looking at the future with a different point of view. The future in this book is barely fifty years away from when it is written, and yet it seems like nothing like that could happen in our lifetime. This books stress's the idea that the world can change in a very short amount of time.
Cover: The cover of this book was quite compelling, in a slightly sinister manner. The gray clouds overhead don't quite fit, since the world in the story is supposed to be happy with sunny blue skies, but otherwise the fields of metal crosses fit right into the contents.
Did you finish: Yes
Age Range: 12-17
Quality: 4Q Better than most
Popularity: 4P Broad general teen appeal
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