{"id":941,"date":"2015-01-04T22:42:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T03:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matthewcoxbooks.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=941"},"modified":"2020-11-03T13:12:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T18:12:58","slug":"the-summer-the-world-ended","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.matthewcoxbooks.com\/wordpress\/books\/the-summer-the-world-ended\/","title":{"rendered":"The Summer the World Ended"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Riley McCullough thought her best friend getting \u2018dragged\u2019 off to Puerto Vallarta for the first two weeks of summer vacation was the end of the world\u2015at least until the bombs fell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life in suburban New Jersey with her mother is comfortable, not to mention boring, to an introverted fourteen-year-old. As if her friend\u2019s surprise trip didn\u2019t suck enough, her \u2018best summer ever\u2019 falls to pieces when she\u2019s sent across the country to stay with a father she hasn\u2019t seen in six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adjusting to a tiny, desert town where everyone stares at her like she doesn\u2019t belong proves difficult, and leaves her feeling more isolated than ever. To make matters worse, her secretive father won\u2019t tell the truth about why he left\u2014or what he\u2019s hiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her luck takes a turn for the better when she meets a boy who shares her interest in video games and contempt for small town boredom. Alas, her happiness is short lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To escape nuclear Armageddon, she shelters with her dad in a bunker he\u2019d spent years preparing. After fourteen days without sun, Riley must overcome the sorrow of losing everything to save the family she still has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Series:<\/strong> n\/a
Genre:<\/strong> post-apocalyptic, family drama, mental health
Intended audience:<\/strong> 16+ (some mature language)
Available from:<\/strong> Amazon<\/a> \u2022 Audiobook <\/a>\u2022 Signed Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A participant in a blog tour asked me to put together a playlist for the book, so here it is \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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