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= MEMORY BOY = media type="custom" key="8006066" align="center"

Have you ever experienced a volcano? Well, Miles Newell has. Memory boy is a science fiction book by Will Weaver. I really liked this book because it was about a family trying to survive hard times after a worldwide volcano.

==== A volcano has erupted throughout the whole world. It has put the world in a state of panic. The author, Will Weaver, is a very good writer. I especially like how he puts in flashbacks of Miles’ past with Mr. Kurz. Mr. Kurz is an elderly person who lost his wife and likes to tell Miles about his lifetime stories. This book has some funny parts in it, I like how the author writes about Miles’ life in both present and past. ====

==== This is the a unique book to me, because I have never read a book about a family trying to survive such hard times. ====

==== Miles Newell is a 16-year-old boy who lives with his family in Minneapolis. He is a very smart boy who is in 9th grade. He has a friend, Mr. Kurz who lives in an elderly persons home now. When Mr. Kurz was younger he lived in the middle of nowhere and did everything on his own and lived off the land. Mr. Kurz was a loner. ====

==== Miles’ father, Mr. Newell was a singer and traveled on the road most of the time. Miles also has a younger sister and a mother. ====

==== The story takes place in Minneapolis Minnesota until the volcano hits. The volcano explodes and effects the whole world. It scares everyone into panic. The ash is still falling more than three years later and people that live in cites are worried because everyone is getting murdered. So the Newell family decides to go to their cabin in northern Minnesota in search of a safe place. ====

==== The government has band cars so Miles builds the //Ali Princess// which is a bicycle-car so it is okay to use on the roads. As they are on their way to their cabin, they stop in many little towns where they people don’t treat them very well. That is because everyones in a state of panic and everything is very expensive. I like how the story tells about the family’s adventures. The story tells about how the family works together and survives the harsh times and the fallout from a natural disaster. ====

==== Overall, I would recommend this book to everyone because I like how after a long struggle and journey this family has gone through, the end leaves you wanting a sequel. ====