Dread Nation
- Author: Justina Ireland
- Narrator: Bahni Turpin
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
- Duration: 11:56:19
Synopsis
New York Times bestseller * Six starred reviews
At once provocative, terrifying, and darkly subversive, Dread Nation is Justina Ireland's stunning vision of an America both foreign and familiar—a country on the brink, at the explosive crossroads where race, humanity, and survival meet.
Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—derailing the War Between the States and changing the nation forever.
In this new America, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Education Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead.
But there are also opportunities—and Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. It's a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane. After all, not even being the daughter of a wealthy white Southern woman could save her from society’s expectations.
But that’s not a life Jane wants. Almost finished with her education at Miss Preston's School of Combat in Baltimore, Jane is set on returning to her Kentucky home and doesn’t pay much mind to the politics of the eastern cities, with their talk of returning America to the glory of its days before the dead rose.
But when families around Baltimore County begin to go missing, Jane is caught in the middle of a conspiracy, one that finds her in a desperate fight for her life against some powerful enemies.
And the restless dead, it would seem, are the least of her problems.
"Abundant action, thoughtful worldbuilding, and a brave, smart, and skillfully drawn cast entertain as Ireland illustrates the ignorance and immorality of racial discrimination and examines the relationship between equality and freedom." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")
Chapters
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021 Chapter 19
Duration: 22min -
022 Chapter 20
Duration: 16min -
023 Chapter 21
Duration: 16min -
024 Chapter 22
Duration: 17min -
025 Chapter 23
Duration: 17min -
026 Chapter 24
Duration: 34min -
027 Chapter 25
Duration: 18min -
028 Chapter 26
Duration: 19min -
029 Chapter 27
Duration: 33min -
030 Chapter 28
Duration: 08min -
031 Chapter 29
Duration: 22min -
032 Chapter 30
Duration: 12min -
033 Chapter 31
Duration: 18min -
034 Chapter 32
Duration: 18min -
035 Chapter 33
Duration: 19min -
036 Chapter 34
Duration: 23min -
037 Chapter 35
Duration: 16min -
038 Chapter 36
Duration: 06min -
039 Chapter 37
Duration: 22min -
040 Chapter 38
Duration: 20min