Ashfall is a young adult dystopian novel. The premise is that a "super volcano" in Yellowstone National Park erupts, shrouding the entire United States in ash in a natural disaster of epic porportion. The main character is Alex, a fifteen year old boy who takes to the road to rejoin his parents. He travels through a transformed world, where violence in the norm and everyone is desperate for food and clean water. There were stretches of the book that went very, very slowly. There were parts that didn't seem very realistic--for example, Alex's Taekwondo training actually comes in handy (does that ever really happen?). The ending is a bit unsatisfying to me and hints at a sequel. All in all, I could see this being a popular book for both teenage boys and girls, and it's definitely worth the read if you enjoy the genre.
Three stars
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