S. A. Bodeen

After spending six years with his parents and his two sisters in an underground compound built by his father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, Eli discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.

The Compound

Eli and his family have lived in the underground Compound for six years. The world they knew is gone, and they've become accustomed to their new life. Accustomed, but not happy. No amount of luxury can stifle the dull routine of living in the same place, with only his two sisters, only his father and mother, doing the same thing day after day after day. As problems with their carefully planned existence threaten to destroy their sanctuary--and their sanity--Eli can't help but wonder if he'd rather take his chances outside. Eli's father built the Compound to keep them safe. But are they safe--really? The Compound is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Melissa Palmer

A re-read....in anticipation of teaching it to my 9th graders next year. This book still hooked me. Off to reread the sequel.

H. Kamran

Eli Yanakakis has been underground, in a nuclear safe house, for six years. Six years ago, on Eli's and his twin's birthday, his father, Rex, made them go into the Compound, because of a supposed nuclear missle strike. They're in the Compound. Eli has not let anyone touch him since they entered the Compound. One day, when Eli goes into his twin's, Eddy's, room, he finds a laptop with wireless internet connectivity. As he's walking around with the laptop, the laptop detects a wireless network. How is there Internet access in the Compound? What happened six years ago? Find out in S. A. Bodeen's The Compound!

Sophia Lazari

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           2 Achei o livro bem bom e facil de ler, esperava mais pra falar a vdd, era meu livro favorito qnd eu era menor😪 (achava q eu tinha um gosto melhor... brincadeira, ou nao)

Achei desnecessário ter um outro livro pq no final tudo acaba bem( provavelmente nao vou ler o 2). Oq achei legal foi q o livro se constroi muito bem, nao eh tipo as coisas do nada, tudo tem um porque e no final acaba sendo uma parte importante mesmo sendo pequenininho.

Gostei do quao louco o pai dele eh, isso foi escrito muito bem, tudo dele ate a ira de psicopata, achei doidara q o pai dele qria q ele reproduzisse COM A IRMA DELE PRA FAZER COMIDA PRA QND ACABASSE O RESTO QUE QUE QUE QUE 😨😨😨😨😨, e pra depois ser tudo mentira esse cara eh maluco completamente maluco. E a mae dele e os relacionamentos com as irmãs q ele vai construindo na historia eh bem daora tambem. O jeito q a historia foi se construindo me deixou muito ansiosa, um misterio mas que nao te deixava bored enquanto nao chegava o final e sim entretida ate la.

Queria q a parte dele resolvendo o codigo fosse mais longa e mais dificil de achar, ele consegue lembrar varios e dps consegue descobrir os outros facinho sendo q ele ta o livro todo tentando achar um jeito de sair. O autor escreveu e construiu o suspense muito bem mas no final ele wrapped it up too quickly.

Milana Marie Waller

I find the writing in Booden’s books rather strange.. like she’s in her own little world sometimes that readers can’t quite grasp. I think the idea is good but executed in a weird way.. was the dad good or bad? I never could tell. I got the part where he was insane but was he good? I am not sure!

The Compound

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