The Enemy, one of the most darkest young adult literature I have ever read. No matter what chapter I’m in, there’s always seems to be a zombie somewhere within the pages. If I were to use one word to describe this novel, it would be “gruesome.” Seriously, a mysterious virus that has no known cure to counter it turned all adults into child-eating zombies. Children and teens that aren’t over the age of 16 are immune to this virus for some reason. This takes place in England and the children have to survive through this living nightmare every single day. They built a fort to keep the “Grown-ups”, as they call them, away from them. At some point they need to send a few kids to get some supplies. It takes bravery to go out there in the wide open
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Assuming dead at this point, they gave up trying to save him. When they needed to get food, one of the children mentioned that there was a vending machine deep within a public swimming pool and when they got there to retrieve the jackpot, Grown-ups arrived and eventually, one of the children, Arran Harper, who I thought was the main character, got severely wounded. It got terribly infected that he actually died very early in the story, leaving Maxie, his second in command, the new leader. When a boy by the name of Jester arrives to their fort, he says he was sent by his leader David King that Buckingham Palace is a place of paradise and they have pictures to prove that. The children are having trouble finding food in the area they are living in, so they decided to pack things up and head off to Buckingham Palace. Meanwhile, Small Sam is still alive, in a sack, when he takes a peek, Grown-ups are already eating a kid they captured and killed prior to his capture. He waited until they fell asleep, and when they started to rest, he took that opportunity to try to escape. He managed to escape, just not quietly. When he managed to get to the fort, everyone was already gone then. He wasn’t there to hear about Buckingham Palace. The kids traveling to get to Buckingham Palace, and Small Sam trying to find his friends. They all must watch out for one thing, and that is
Assuming dead at this point, they gave up trying to save him. When they needed to get food, one of the children mentioned that there was a vending machine deep within a public swimming pool and when they got there to retrieve the jackpot, Grown-ups arrived and eventually, one of the children, Arran Harper, who I thought was the main character, got severely wounded. It got terribly infected that he actually died very early in the story, leaving Maxie, his second in command, the new leader. When a boy by the name of Jester arrives to their fort, he says he was sent by his leader David King that Buckingham Palace is a place of paradise and they have pictures to prove that. The children are having trouble finding food in the area they are living in, so they decided to pack things up and head off to Buckingham Palace. Meanwhile, Small Sam is still alive, in a sack, when he takes a peek, Grown-ups are already eating a kid they captured and killed prior to his capture. He waited until they fell asleep, and when they started to rest, he took that opportunity to try to escape. He managed to escape, just not quietly. When he managed to get to the fort, everyone was already gone then. He wasn’t there to hear about Buckingham Palace. The kids traveling to get to Buckingham Palace, and Small Sam trying to find his friends. They all must watch out for one thing, and that is