The Beginning — Sara Michelle

Themes: Dystopian, Disaster, Survival, Relationships, Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Cecilia has always been secure in her world. A high school cheerleader, she is pretty and popular. And she dates Ryan, one of the cutest boys in her school. She leads a charmed and pampered life. Clearly everyone forgot the warnings buried deep in the quatrains of Nostradamus-- the end of days. When the world they know is destroyed, will their struggle to survive destroy their love? This new normal-- this new life-- is cruel and unpredictable and tests both of them in ways that they've never imagined. But it's not the end, only the beginning, but the beginning of what? Jesska's eyes were filled with confusion ... and fear. The Hummer's headlights created an eerie glow. Ryan was determined. Survival. Meant. Everything. Cecilia would live. They would all live. But nothing prepared him for what he was about to do. And the whirring blades of the helicopters