Ashfall

"MikeMullin's Ashfall glows and throbs with everydaylife and the business of survival in a dystopic future, after an unthinkabledisaster." --Richard Peck, Newbery Medal winning author of A Year Down Yonder and Three Quarters Dead.

"Thescariest apocalypse is one that could really happen. Mike Mullin's Ashfall is way too real for comfort:you'll live the panic and despair and know that all of this could reallyhappen. It will be a long time before you get the taste of volcanic ash out ofyour mouth. This isn't fantasy, this is real." --Michael Grant, Author of Gone, Lies, Hunger, and Plague.

Thisis riveting. Fans of post-apocalyptic thrillers like The Hunger Games will love Ashfall. --Cinda Williams Chima, Authorof TheExiled Queen and The Warrior Heir.

"Istayed up late reading Ashfall. I woke up early worrying aboutAlex's fate. Days later, I'm still thinking about the novel. This is a grippingdebut." --Christine Johnson, Author of Nocturne.

"Ashfall is a tasty concoction of humanrelations, science, and imagination. It's not real life-thank God-but it's aclose relative. It's dense with verisimilitude. You may not be Alex orDarla or any of the other finely drawn characters in this story, but you'llfeel as if you're in their heads, experiencing what they're experiencing. Inthe end, you'll appreciate the realism but be thankful for your clean water andabundant food and warm home." --David Patneaude, Author of Epitaph Road.

"Ashfall is a post-apocalyptic gem with aterrifying twist. Get ready to sleep with the lights on because this one's notabout what could happen. It's about what will happen-- and possibly very soon.Riveting!" -- Saundra Mitchell, Author of The Vespertine.

"Ashfall is a gritty tale ofdetermination, courage, and creativity. The characters are richly drawn, thestory is engaging, and the crisis is disturbingly realistic." --Robert MichaelEvans, author of 68Knots.

"Ifound it hard to stop reading Ashfall. Common sense told me to quit at midnight, but I soon turned thelight on again and read two more hours. . . . This is a book we will selldecently in hardcover and regularly for many years in paperback." --CarolChittenden, Owner, Eight Cousins Children's Books.

"Mike Mullin catapults readers into a surreal,cataclysmic world that will hold them until the last page. If you aren'texhausted by the end of the first thirty pages, you may want to check yourpulse. Ashfall is the perfect book for reluctantteen readers who ‘can never find anything good to read.'" --Dave Richardson, BlueMarble Bookstore; book reviewer for the International Reading Association's Reading Today; and children's literatureprofessor, Cincinnati State College.

"MikeMullin hits one out of the park with his first novel. The fast-paced action andwell developed characters, with a little romance thrown in, will prove to be ahit with young adults. I will definitely buy multiple copies for our mediacenter." --Kathy Hicks-Brooks, Media Specialist at Ben Davis High School,Indianapolis.

"Youwon't want to put this fast-paced book down. Teen readers will connect with thecharacters and wonder - could they do what Alex has to do to survive? Ashfall has it all-adventure, science,and even a little romance-woven together to tell a most compelling story!"--Carl Harvey, School Librarian, Noblesville, Indiana.