Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands

from UnderMyAppleTree

Synopis: In the near future, in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, Emily Shepard is on the run. The area where she lived was evacuated when the power plant melted down. Her parents were missing and presumed dead. Her father worked at the power plant and was being blamed for the accident; all the n...

from BookDivasReads

Emily Shepard didn't have a perfect family life. Her parents drank too much, especially her father. They fought, usually about the drinking. But they provided Emily with everything a girl could ask for: a great education, travel, a wonderful home, and love (in between the drinking and fighting). ...

from CarrieWuj

Chris Bohjalian does a great job of capturing a teenage girl's voice in this thought-provoking story. In fact, on the audio version, his own daughter is the narrator. Emily Shepherd is a troubled teen in the best of times, but when the meltdown comes -- literally -- the nuclear reactor in her idy...

from EvelynBernard

Chris Bohjalian has written a heartbreaking story in "Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands". Emily Shepherd's world has collapsed after the nuclear power plant where both her parents work experiences a meltdown. People die (including her parents), homes and families are torn apart and the finger pointing ...

from TerriS

I really enjoyed this teen-aged girl's story of her traumatic life after a meltdown at the nuclear plant in her Vermont hometown. And the fact that her dad was in charge of the plant when it happened (her mom also worked there), made it nearly impossible (at least in her eyes) to tell anyone her ...