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By S.A. Bodeen

BookTalk by Megan Bright LIS 5340
The threat of a nuclear strike is
                 imminent.




http://www.flickr.com/photos/thwphotos/1414883135/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Life as you know it could be
                       destroyed at any time.




http://www.geograph.ie/photo/2405787
Wouldn’t you want to be
     prepared?
To avoid the affects of radiation,
 you must stay underground for
            YEARS.
Imagine living underground.
What happened to the world
       around you?
Now imagine that it was all




                         .
http://www.flickr.com/photos/msvg/5502944234/sizes/l/in/photostream/
And now – they can’t get out.




http://www.flickr.com/photos/smrt173/4517610976/
“Suspenseful and riveting”
               - Kirkus Reviews

“A satisfying, creepy read”
             – Library Media Connection
Will they survive?




    Check out The Compound!
http://dborck.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/the-compound-by-s-a-bodeen/
Works Cited
Bodeen, S.A. The Compound. New York:
  Feiwel and Friends, 2008.
Henry, Robin. Library Media Connection
  (Sept 2008). Children’s Literature
  Comprehensive Database. 2 Oct 2011.
  Web.
Kirkus. Kirkus Reviews (April 2008).
  Children’s Literature Comprehensive
  Database. 2 Oct 2011. Web.

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