A Netflix Original series! The New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, with over 5 million copies in print!“Terrifyingly fun! Delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.”–Jeff Kinney, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Diary of a Wimpy Kid Ever since the monster apocalypse hit town, average thirteen year old Jack Sullivan has been living in his tree house, which he’s armed to … Ever since the monster apocalypse hit town, average thirteen year old Jack Sullivan has been living in his tree house, which he’s armed to the teeth with catapults and a moat, not to mention video games and an endless supply of Oreos and Mountain Dew scavenged from abandoned stores. But Jack alone is no match for the hordes of Zombies and Winged Wretches and Vine Thingies, and especially not for the eerily intelligent monster known only as Blarg. So Jack builds a team: his dorky best friend, Quint; the reformed middle school bully, Dirk; Jack’s loyal pet monster, Rover; and Jack’s crush, June. With their help, Jack is going to slay Blarg, achieve the ultimate Feat of Apocalyptic Success, and be average no longer! Can he do it?
Told in a mixture of text and black-and-white illustration, this is the perfect book for any kid who’s ever dreamed of starring in his or her own comic book or video game. And then grab the rest of the series, now a New York Times bestseller!
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I Love it! They Have to fight These Monsters and They Find Survivors BUT WILL THEY LAST?
The Last Kids on Earth is a light-hearted juvenile fiction read written by Max Brailler who is a former video game designer, now turned New York Times Best Selling Author. In this book, the first volume in a series, a thirteen-year-old foster child named Jack Sullivan finds himself abandoned by his foster family after monsters and Zombies have suddenly taken over his school, his neighborhood, and as we soon find out, the country. Jack soon takes up an improvised battle station treehouse in his former backyard and we follow along on his new self-made challenges done for entertainment and everyday struggles. Along the way, we are introduced to some of his classmates, namely his best friend, his former bully, and his love interest/crush.
I really liked this book, because the characters were really funny, believable, and interesting. As an adult female, I had trouble putting the book down and got through it in about two hours while occasionally stopping to do other things. It truly gave me middle school and early high school nostalgic memories of the 90s with many of the situations that the characters talked about (video games, junk food/cookies, etc…). One reason for my less than one day read, was probably because it was easy to follow and had a good mix of action-based scenes and other scenes where the characters were more contemplative and we got to see some background development to the characters where we could learn a bit more about their motivations and particularly their thoughts/feelings about the relationships in their lives during this chaotic setting. Most of all, I enjoyed the fact that these were not the normal helpless youth that often shows up in monster/zombie scenarios. These teens and pre-teens were proactive in creative ways to save themselves and determined to not let these creatures win without some sort of fight or challenge. This made me more interested in them and concerned about them since the majority of the adults in their lives were not around to assist them.
However, there were a few times where the main character’s words showed some possibly chauvinistic language towards females that may potentially be bothersome by some (going to search a mall because “Girls like the mall, right? That’s a thing.” or the idea of him having to rescue and save a “damsel in distress”). With that being said, the character definitely showed growth throughout the novel. His views and acceptance towards the concepts of: the changing nature of friendships/relationships; who/what makes a family; how to work together with others; independence; and sacrifice of self have definitely evolved from the beginning towards the end. A good thing to see in the future would also be the introduction of more and different types of female characters.
I give this book four stars because it is a great medium-paced read that kept me interested to the end. The plot was also good with fairly realistic characters. The illustrations were also awesome and gave me comic book, video game, and graphic novel vibes, which I am all about. The blurb and cover matched what I actually read and saw in the book. I am interested in finding out more about what will happen to the characters in this series and I would recommend this book to other readers. In particular, I would definitely give this book to my high school-aged nephew as I think he would enjoy finding out what happens to Jack, the self-proclaimed “Post Apocalyptic Action Hero” and his classmates. Readers who enjoyed the graphic novel, Daybreak by Brian Ralph may also find this book has similar themes but is targeted to a slightly younger crowd.
this is the best book in the whole world
I love it
so good its so good that my heart farted hearts
This book is amazing
Super cute! I love all the kids personalities and the whole situation is funny.
Max Brallier did soo good on this book!!!!!
Overall, I’m totally obsessed with this book! It was a really fun time with lots of laughs. I was so enthralled with book one that I dove in and bought five of the six books in the series and had Brallier sign them while I was at the North Texas Teen Book Festival! I can’t wait to see what the rest of the series has in store!
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a actually good book!