After reading a new book by Ms. Fuller I went in search of another. It was a different theme and as I read it I couldn't begin to guess how it was going to end. Peggy Hillcoat has a life quite different from other 8-year-olds. Her mother, Ute, is a concert pianist and often travels. That leaves Peggy home with her father who is a serious survivalist. He spends his time with other survivalists arguing over the best way to prepare for the end. There are some advantages for Peggy when it is just the two of them at home. Her dad doesn't seem to think that it is important for her to go to school, or to take a bath or anything else a girl might not want to do.
One day her dad abducts her (although as a child she didn't understand that concept). After a long difficult trek he reaches the goal. It's a totally isolated cabin (he was led to believe it was in better condition than it was) in the middle of a forest. There they will fight everyday to survive for the next nine years. Peggy never asks to go home or back to her mother - because her dad has told her that the world has ended and no one else has survived! I loved the book!
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