Seventeen-year-old Cardinal has escaped the virus that ravaged his town, leaving its victims alive but without their memories. He chooses to remain in the quarantined zone, caring for a group of orphaned kids in a mountain camp with the help of the former brutal school bully, now transformed by the virus into his best friend. But then a strong-willed and mysterious young woman appears, and the closed-off world Cardinal has created begins to crumble. A thrilling, fast-paced work of speculative fiction for teens, from a bestselling author, Black River Falls is an unforgettable story about survival, identity, and family. AGES: 12 and up AUTHOR: Jeff Hirsch is the USA Today bestselling author of several YA novels, including The Eleventh Plague, The Darkest Path, and Black River Falls. He lives in Beacon, New York.
- ISBN13 9780544938854
- Publish Date 11 July 2017 (first published 5 July 2016)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 20 December 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
- Format Paperback
- Pages 336
- Language English