Since it sort of feels like our world did end in April, I thought I should read this book. Also, the author Stacy McAnulty is the author of one of my favorite middle grade book THE MISCALCULATIONS OF LIGHTNING GIRL. This book features another great female character dealing with an unusual situation.
Eleanor and her two younger brothers are being raised by their father. Her mother has been dead for seven years. Eleanor doesn't fit in with most kids her age. Mack, her best friend since forever, is blind. She has been helping him out since she was paired up with him in early elementary school. They have a lot in common and are rarely apart.
With the start of seventh grade, Eleanor is feeling even more left out than usually. She gets teased for her ugly haircut and pick last for teams in gym. If it wasn't for Mack, she'd have no friends.
When Eleanor stumbles across a website detailing an asteriod about to hit the Earth, she becomes obsessed. It doesn't help that her grandfather is a diehard prepper. He has his own bunker and is constantly drilling the kids on what to do if the world is threatened. She learns as much as she can about the impending disaster and soon involves Mack and a few other kids at school. They have months to prepare so she begins sharing what she has learned from her grandfather through the years in hopes of saving her fellow students and their families.
Although, the kids believe the facts Eleanor and her new friend Londyn collect, the adults try to discredit the Harvard professor predicting the coming doom. April 7 is the day the world is supposed to end, but will all of Eleanor's preparations be for nothing?
THE WORLD ENDS IN APRIL is chillingly relatable to events of today. Some people believe in being prepared and others just dismiss the warnings meant to keep them safe.
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