abomination 99 by Jean Ure
Critical Response
Ive just destroyed reading a platter by Jean Ure called Plague 99. It takes place in London 1999, and is the story of deuce-ace school children called Fran, Shahid and Harriet as London is terrorized by a irritating and deadly plague for which on that point is no cure.
It all starts with Fran approach shot home from a camp, which is designed to test peoples ability to exsert with absolutely no contact with the outside world. When she comes home she finds that the streets be almost totally empty in London and that there are barricades on the roads to the part of London that she lives in. This is her origin caper: getting home finished the barricades. She manages to get through them by crawling through the basement window of an tumble-down house. When she gets home she finds both her parents dead, and a note left for her by her mum. The note explains that at the time of writing she was already decease from the disease and that Frans father was already dead. After reading this she is (understandably) outdo with grief and breaks down. When she recovers she realises she needs to find whoever is still alive that she use to know and escape London with them. She phones everyone in her mums phone book and cant find anyone.
Finally she tries the phone number of her best companion Harriet (nick-named Harry), and finally gets an answer. She arranges to go over to Harrys and meet up with her. however the streets arent safe for a person on their own anymore. as well the Plague there are gangs of starving people prowling the streets look to steal food at any cost. This is her second problem: getting to Harrys safely. She luckily...
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