His entry begins:
I’ve been devouring nonfiction the last several months. Currently I’m in the middle of The Zero-Waste Lifestyle by Amy Korst, which is sort of a primer on how to reduce how much trash we produce in our daily lives. Enlightening, a little frightening, and well-written. Korst has a conversational and non-confrontational approach to her green living, which I appreciate. We are already implementing some of her “Easy” goals (she summarizes each chapter with a list of potential goals, including Easy, Moderate, and Advanced.) I recommend it. (I also recommend Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, which...[read on]About Sick, from the publisher:
Brian and his friends are not part of the cool crowd. They’re the misfits and the troublemakers—the ones who jump their high school’s fence to skipLearn more about the book and author at Tom Leveen's website.class regularly. So when a deadly virus breaks out, they’re the only ones with a chance of surviving.
The virus turns Brian’s classmates and teachers into bloodthirsty attackers who don’t die easily. The whole school goes on lockdown, but Brian and his best friend, Chad, are safe (and stuck) in the theater department—far from Brian’s sister, Kenzie, and his ex-girlfriend with a panic attack problem, Laura. Brian and Chad, along with some of the theater kids Brian had never given the time of day before, decide to find the girls and bring them to the safety of the theater. But it won’t be easy, and it will test everything they thought they knew about themselves and their classmates.
Leveen is the author of Party, Zero, and manicpixiedreamgirl. Zero was named to YALSA’s list of Best Fiction for Young Adults.
My Book, The Movie: Zero.
My Book, The Movie: Sick.
The Page 69 Test: Sick.
Writers Read: Tom Leveen.
--Marshal Zeringue
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