num_pages: 249
description: This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 0435122118Is anyone out there?  Ann Burden is sixteen years old and completely alone. The world as she once knew it is gone, ravaged by a nuclear war that has taken everyone from her. For the past year, she has lived in a remote valley with no evidence of any other survivors.  But the smoke from a distant campfire shatters Ann's solitude. Someone else is still alive and making his way toward the valley. Who is this man? What does he want? Can he be trusted? Both excited and terrified, Ann soon realizes there may be worse things than being the last person on Earth.
language: English
title: Z for Zachariah
titlecomplete: Z for Zachariah
characters: John Loomis, Anne Burden
genres: Dystopia, School, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Apocalyptic, Post Apocalyptic, Teen, Classics, Fiction, Survival
ratings_count: 15956
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Jane Addams Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Juvenile
publisher: Heinemann ed