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A Death-Struck Year

de Makiia Lucier

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Historical Fiction. Young Adult Fiction. HTML: For Cleo Berry, the people dying of the Spanish Influenza in cities like New York and Philadelphia may as well be in another country�??that's how far away they feel from the safety of Portland, Oregon. And then cases start being reported in the Pacific Northwest. Schools, churches, and theaters shut down. The entire city is thrust into survival mode�??and into a panic. Headstrong and foolish, seventeen-year-old Cleo is determined to ride out the pandemic in the comfort of her own home, rather than in her quarantined boarding school dorms. But when the Red Cross pleads for volunteers, she can't ignore the call. As Cleo struggles to navigate the world around her, she is surprised by how much she finds herself caring about near-strangers. Strangers like Edmund, a handsome medical student and war vet. Strangers who could be gone tomorrow. And as the bodies begin to pile up, Cleo can't help but wonder: when will her own luck run out? Riveting and well-researched, A Death-Struck Year is based on the real-life pandemic considered the most devastating in recorded world history. Readers will be captured by the suspenseful storytelling and the lingering questions of: what would I do for a neighbor? At what risk to myself? An afterword explains the Spanish flu phenomenon, placing it within the historical context of the early 20th century. Source notes are extensive and interesting. A Spring 2014 Indies Introduce New Voices selectio… (mais)

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It’s 1918, and the Spanish influenza has struck Cleo’s hometown; her friends and loved ones have fallen ill. This 17-year-old won’t sit by and watch. Despite warnings, Cleo goes to work volunteering for the local hospital. Historical Note, For Further Reading.

NCSS | Jul 23, 2021 |

I read this while we were in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, and this one hit close to home. Interesting to read about Cleo's experiences during the influenza outbreak in Portland. She leaves her boarding school after the city closes down and she ends up home alone. She answers the call from the Red Cross and is soon doing wellness checks, helping at make-shift hospital. There's a love story, questions about what she'll do when she grows up, and the tension of pretending she's not home alone to her brother (guardian) who has traveled out of town. (

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ewyatt | Feb 22, 2021 |

I really liked this book, how did I miss it earlier this year? The Spanish Flu epidemic is interesting to read about, and scary, also. Cleo, having survived the accident that killed her parents, is unable to sit by, when others might need help. She volunteers for the Red Cross, when her school is closed. The flu is harsh, but she makes new friends, has a romantic interest, and learns about herself. A lovely read. (

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readingbeader | Oct 29, 2020 |

I swore in the year 2020 with the pandemic going on the last thing I would read was a book about a pandemic. I participate every in year in a To Be Read Challenge where I choose 24 books of my to be read books to read the following year. I chose this one back at the end of last year, because it had been on my list for a while. I actually never looked at it again, until I checked it out at the library. Here I am reading a book about the Spanish Flu in 1919, in the middle of a pandemic. Although this a fictional account, many parallels could be drawn to 2020. Everyone was frightened, everyone wore masks, schools were closed and neighbors stayed away from each other. This was set in Portland, Oregon where over 45,000 died from the flu. It is an interesting read for teens and adults. (

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dara85 | Sep 27, 2020 |

Cleo Berry lives in Portland Oregon and she has heard about the Spanish Flu, first recorded in Kansas in an Army Camp, there are a variety of causes attributed to it (and apparentlly Ireland was pretty badly hit, or so I found during some quick checking, and I have to stop checking and wondering how my Grandfather managed not to get it, and not die). Young people are dying, often very quickly and without any real notice of sickness and she feels drawn to help. There she finds an interest in people, even if they keep dying on her.

The romance was sweet but I didn't really feel it.

It's interesting but I wanted more. Kept me up reading though. (

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Historical Fiction. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:

For Cleo Berry, the people dying of the Spanish Influenza in cities like New York and Philadelphia may as well be in another country�??that's how far away they feel from the safety of Portland, Oregon. And then cases start being reported in the Pacific Northwest. Schools, churches, and theaters shut down. The entire city is thrust into survival mode�??and into a panic. Headstrong and foolish, seventeen-year-old Cleo is determined to ride out the pandemic in the comfort of her own home, rather than in her quarantined boarding school dorms. But when the Red Cross pleads for volunteers, she can't ignore the call. As Cleo struggles to navigate the world around her, she is surprised by how much she finds herself caring about near-strangers. Strangers like Edmund, a handsome medical student and war vet. Strangers who could be gone tomorrow. And as the bodies begin to pile up, Cleo can't help but wonder: when will her own luck run out?
Riveting and well-researched, A Death-Struck Year is based on the real-life pandemic considered the most devastating in recorded world history. Readers will be captured by the suspenseful storytelling and the lingering questions of: what would I do for a neighbor? At what risk to myself?
An afterword explains the Spanish flu phenomenon, placing it within the historical context of the early 20th century. Source notes are extensive and interesting.

A Spring 2014 Indies Introduce New Voices selectio

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