Review: Spoiler Alert!  Seen it before, but still a good story.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2013
I received a free copy of this book for review.This idea is in no way original. I have seen the flu epidemics, I have seen all adults killed off, and I have seen the story lines following the doomsday preppers at doomsday. I say this because I saw several reviews raving about the originality of "What if kids ran the world?" (The Girl Who Owned a City;1975.) I do not say this to detract from the quality of the story. Bolivar wove a pretty cohesive story around the main character. Our hero is a teenage girl from a prepping family. The part that Bolivar really exceeded with was making a teenage girl. Even with the world falling apart and her life in danger, we are reminded that she's self-centered, worried about her clothes, hair, and boys.There were a few places where I was uncertain why a character in her position would act the way she had, for instance, leaving a Jeep filled with all her supplies, weapons, and ammunition behind while making a cross-country escape. Usually, however, her motivations were explained by quotes from the training she received at the hands of her deceased father.This book could use a more strong-handed editor, but overall this was a great story and I would give it a hardy recommendation.