They might not be as convinced by the GreyDevils, who are really human drug addicts but behave a lot like stereotypical zombies. Readers who like dystopian stories will find a realistic portrait of the future in THE SCAVENGERS, including weird weather patterns caused by pollution and scientifically modified (and corporate-patented) food with amazing healing powers. She also throws zingers at top Bubble City officials when they face off ("You're out of cards, Lard-O," she says to the unctuous, obese politician). Maggie's a great character who loves reading poetry with her mom, looks after her younger disabled brother, and can fight solar bears and GreyDevils. There's a message about working together to make life better for everyone - and about the importance of being able to choose the life that makes you happy. Maggie is hardworking, loyal, loving, and tough, but she also loves Emily Dickinson poems. Maggie and her friend fight and kill a crazy hybrid creature called a solar bear, and she suffers a head wound during the attack. Later, they beat up her elderly neighbor. Officers from the Bubble Cities ransack Maggie's home and beat her disabled brother after the attack he begins to have seizures. She and her crew use various homemade weapons to beat and subdue GreyDevils.
Maggie knows many people are addicted to drinking "homemade hooch" called PartsWash, which turns them into zombie-like creatures called GreyDevils. Older tweens will get more out of this book, including understanding the links between our current world and the one author Michael Perry creates.
Parents need to know that The Scavengers takes place in a dystopian future and stars a tween girl.
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