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Carol Plum-Ucci
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Whatever you do, don’t drink the water.
When Cora Holman’s mother dies, she assumes the inevitable: that her mother overdosed on the painkillers she’d been taking for years. So she’s shocked to learn that her mother and a neighbor both died of a brain aneurysm the same night. When Cora and other neighborhood teens become ill with a mysterious flu, and government-type strangers arrive in her small town, they all fear the unthinkable - a terrorist attack.
Meanwhile, a world away in Pakistan, a 16-year-old computer genius named Shahzad is working as a virtual spy. He’s alarmed to see an influx of chatter about a sub-stance called Red Vinegar that will, as he reads, “lead to many deaths in Colony One.”
Can Shahzad sift through the babble of the chat room, find the location of the attack, and warn the victims in time? And if so, at what cost to him?
A Printz Honor Award winner and two-time Edgar Allan Poe Award finalist, Carol Plum-Ucci explores disturbing new terrain in this riveting novel that examines the heroes and victims involved in a terrifying act of bioterrorism.
Carol Plum-Ucci is the author of numerous novels for teens, including The Body of Christopher Creed, a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book that was also nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Mystery. She lives in southern New Jersey.
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- Amy Humbyrd
- 08-04-15
such a great story!
The narrators were amazing at bringing each character to life! I couldn't stop listening!
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- Broccoli
- 08-06-12
Fits the times-- scary but possible!
What did you love best about Streams of Babel?
Modern setting
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
the reality of this type of terrorism
Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?
Scott
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
never underestimate what a terrorist group is willing to do
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