The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon Children's she never expected to make

she never expected to make friends

His brother isn't as scary as he looks

Even if it means gambling in the Orders’ deadly games

Ellen’s mercurial twentysomething daughter

which boy the barmaid will kiss

The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon Children's she never expected to makePerfect for fans of The Marrow Thieves, Hatchet and The City of Ember, H. E. Edgmon's middle grade debut offers a bittersweet tale of hope and survival, a modern classic for the climate change generation. One year ago, a solar flare scorched the Earth and destroyed life as we know it. With their parents gone and supplies running dangerously low, step sisters Millie and Rose only have one chance at survival: leave home with their infant half brother