The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond

Jack, June, Dirk, and Quint are still stuck in Wakefield - a giant snowstorm derailed the plans they had when we last saw them, which was to go on to New York where a group of surviving humans has been broadcasting from the Statue of Liberty. Now that they know they aren't the only survivors, Quint and June are quite keen to get back to their folks. Dirk has been strangely silent, and Jack simply has no one to get back to, orphan that he was pre-apocalypse. At the moment, though, no one is going anywhere because of said snowstorm. As it turns out, another problem is that all the monsters are deathly afraid of this winter wonderland. The kids decide to show them snow is not scary, but every effort ends in one of them getting hurt, so that isn't going well. Then Jack and June decide the answer is Christmas - they will show them the wonder of Christmas, and the monsters will love winter forever. Of course, the best laid plans... Soon the kids find out another surviving human is closer than they had thought. For example, they discover a human in Wakefield itself. Evie turns out to be one of the bad guys, though - another Cosmic servant trying to unleash even more terrible monsters on Earth. Another battle seems ripe to unfold, as the kids know they have to stop her from making things worse. Action and adventure from a kid's point of view is a whole lot of fun. Our heroes are game for anything, and they have a solid understanding of right vs. wrong. Our villains are very villainous, and in each book this leads to some intense fight scenes and creative solutions. This series continues to be well-written with exciting graphics, the stories have plenty of heart-felt moments while still moving the action forward, pacing is steady, and in this instance there were some tense scenes where I really wasn't sure which way the story would go.

My son has been reading these since he was 9 and the first one came out. I have a horrible time getting him into books--he reads chapter 1 and never picks them up again. This is the only series where he continually hounds me to check when the next book is coming out. He is now 11 and was so excited to see this, and so mad I made him wait to open it for Christmas. He's in the middle of it now and said to me last night, "I can't wait to read tonight--the book is great!" Another reviewer posted that this was not appropriate for younger children. I think it depends on the adult and the child. My daughter read the first one when she was 7 and had no trouble understanding it, nor was she disturbed by it. I bought the first one for my 7-year-old nephew for Christmas, and he's loving it. They're both good readers and generally pretty mature. I have also read parts of the book, and didn't see anything that would dissuade me from giving it to them. But you know you and you're children best, and the opinion/decision is yours.

I highly recommend this one for girls and boys who like adventure, suspense, lots of humor, and a good dose of popular culture (ages 8-12). Jack, who usually wields his powerful weapon, the Louisville Slicer, is witty and a good guy. He and his buddies (the Last Kids) are kind of a family now and June is one of the gang. They look out for the good monsters, fight the bad ones, and keep getting into all sorts of scrapes while trying to save the world and save a certain person from becoming a zombie. You won’t want to put the book down. Holgate’s humorous illustrations tell the story too, like comics/manga; he's got a mean drawing hand and he knows what monsters look like. For parents, hidden in the excitement, some new, cool vocabulary words. You may already know…kids LOVE this series. Librarians will tell you that Brallier's Last Kids books don't stay on the shelves very long.

I can’t believe how insanely good the book is. My son says it is one of the best in this series.

To Teachers - this is a perfect book series that you can use for borderline Tier 3 students who read at a 3rd-4th grade level. It has chapters so they can feel as though they are reading a pretty challenging book, but also it has quite a few text features such as medium text print, pictures, titles, etc.. This book is great to create mini lessons during intervention classes. I teach middle school and have used this book series for lessons such as plots of a story, inferencing, main idea, theme, compare and contrast or just regular guided reading with comprehension questions.

Came as described. Good condition. My grandson loves these books.

This series of books also has a show on Netflix to go with it. Fun adventure setting for kids to go with the zombie craze. Easy to follow and read for kids. Good illustrations. Appropriate reading level as described. Plenty of volumes in the series to keep the kids interested in it and keep them interested with additional material

I am 9 years old and i just finished the 4 book. I recommend reading this and it doesn't just have to be for boys I am a girl and I love the series. There is one character that I absolutely love and her name is June Del-Toro she had showed me how girls can be so independent, strong, brave, and fierce. I hope that other girls can realize that as well. Now you don't have to be a girl to realize that, you can be a boy as well. They can learn not to mess with girls. Jack understood this in the first book and he had payed for that mistake. So if you are a boy just know not to mess around with girls and not to bully anyone, BOYS AND GIRLS!

たまたまアメリカで買った一冊が面白くて、子供が続きも欲しいということで、購入しました。

My son absolutely loves these books and can't get enough of them! He can't wait for the new ones to be released. He started watching the TV series on Netflix and then got in to reading the books.

Muss man haben.

My son can’t put it down. I might have to read it too!

Bello bello, qualcuno sa quando e se verranno tradotti anche gli altri in italiano?