Yet what at first seems like a straightforward battle against governmental repression quickly grows more complicated, as more states secede, more people die, and Danny discovers the true nature of some of his new allies.Ĭhilling, powerful, and all too plausible, Burning Nation confirms Trent Reedy’s place as a provocative new voice in YA fiction. Thus begins a series of letters to Mike from the dad he didn’t really know who died in Afghanistan when Mike was eight years old. But after the state declares itself a Republic, Idaho rises to fight in a second American Civil War, and Danny is right in the center of the action, running guerrilla missions with his fellow soldiers to break the Federal occupation. If You’re Reading This by Trent Reedy Nov Mike gets a letter a few weeks before his sixteenth birthday: If you’re reading this, I’m very sorry, but I was killed in the war in Afghanistan. Danny goes into hiding with his friends in order to remain free. In this wrenching sequel to Divided We Fall, Danny and friends fight to defend Idaho against a Federal takeover and the ravages of a Burning Nation.Īt the end of Divided We Fall, Danny Wright’s beloved Idaho had been invaded by the federal government, their electricity shut off, their rights suspended.
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