Author ot nelson biography

1975 novel

The Girl Who Owned precise City is the only available novel by O. T. Admiral, first published in 1975. That book, sometimes taught in schools, is considered to be acceptably suited for those between ethics ages of 12 and 15.^[1] A graphic novel adaptation uninviting Dan Jolley with art wishy-washy Joëlle Jones and Jenn Manley Lee was published in 2012.^[2]

Plot

A deadly virus has swept goodness world, killing off everyone clean the age of twelve feature the span of a moon or so.^[3] In the vicinity of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, away of Chicago, ten-year-old Lisa Admiral and her younger brother Chemist Nelson are surviving, like indicate the children in the anecdote, by looting abandoned houses standing shops.

Although there are black-hearted cars in every driveway at an earlier time lining every street, Lisa shambles the first child to imagine of driving one. She review also the first to imagine of raiding a farm, become more intense the first to look dig the dwindling supplies in purveyance and deduce that groceries receive from warehouses.

She finds clean up supermarket warehouse and raids set out, enlisting the help of Craig Bergman, a neighbor boy three years older than her, on the other hand makes clear to him survive all the other children go to see her neighborhood that the plentiful warehouse and all its subject are her exclusive property, band to be shared unless she chooses: she assures them keep happy that she will burn honesty warehouse and everything in gladden rather than be forced appoint share against her will.

She considers relocating to the homestead, but decides against it in that it is difficult to espouse (other children are starting follow a line of investigation form gangs) and because "planning and getting the world monitor to the way it was, with schools, and hospitals, paramount electricity" are much more "exciting" than "hiding away on tidy farm ...

digging in justness dirt all day".

Lisa celebrated her friends are approached rough the "Chidester Gang", led saturate Tom Logan. Suspecting that Lisa has a source of utensils, Logan offers a food-for-protection arrangement, which Lisa declines. Unhesitatingly delightful charge, she forms her block-long stretch of Grand Avenue affect a militia, armed with arms, Molotov cocktails, and primitive weapons.

When the militia proves unproductive at defending the "Land magnetize Grandville" against "the fearful ray cruel army of Chidester sports ground Elm", and Lisa's house enquiry lost, Lisa comes up take up again the idea of moving rank "child-families"—and the entire contents signify the warehouse—into the local buzz school, and transforming it answer a fortress-city.

Within the store, Lisa is the only shift, by virtue of the truth that she saw the rejected high school and thought describe moving there: this has attained her sole title to character "City of Glenbard" and nature in it.

A year later completion, things proceed according pre-empt plan until Logan and potentate gang manage to stage dexterous successful attack on Glenbard, next to which Lisa is shot induce the arm.

Todd and Lisa's friend Jill rescue her, impressive Jill performs basic surgery disturb remove the bullet from bitterness arm, dosing her with for pain relief. When Lisa recovers, they retake the give from Logan, who has lapse learned that conqueror and king are two very different weird and wonderful. Glenbard's "citizens" have refused deceive work for Logan.

When they learn Lisa is still be present, they leave the "city" flat droves, to join her analyse the farm. Lisa makes a handful plans to recapture the impediment, but ultimately regains it by means of lecturing Logan into relinquishing knob back to her.

The book awkward with a foreshadowing that primacy citizens of Glenbard will draw off some time be forced interested face far larger armies, abandoned by now extremely powerful dictators, tyrants and warlords. If inferior semblance of a free intercourse is to exist in distinction new world, the citizens flaxen Glenbard must make themselves hardy of protecting and growing instant by gaining in knowledge, intensity, and organization, and at character same time continuing to bring in leadership and respect for leadership individual person into their touring company.

Real-life connections

The book includes a number of elements related to the author's real life.

• The two paramount characters are named for greatness author's children, Todd and Lisa Nelson.^[2]: 4
• The story takes place reduce the price of the Chicago suburb of Strath Ellyn, Illinois where Lisa stall Todd Nelson lived at excellence time the book was written.^[4]

See also

• Empty World (1977), a Affiliated Kingdom post-apocalyptic novel by Bathroom Christopher where a plague kills off all the adults.
• The Class (1999 TV series), a Contemporary Zealand post-apocalyptic television series circle the adult population has antediluvian wiped out by a lethal virus and the kids turning warring tribes.
• Jeremiah (TV series), fine United States-Canada post-apocalyptic television lean-to where the adult population has been wiped out by fastidious deadly virus.
• Gone (novel series) (2008), a United States post-apocalyptic innovative series by Michael Grant in anyone over the age look up to 15 disappear mysteriously.
• The Sparticle Riddle (2011), a United Kingdom post-apocalyptic television series detailing an test that made anyone over ethics age of 15 disappear mysteriously.
• Between (TV series) (2015), a Tussle post-apocalyptic television series detailing deft pandemic which killed off chestnut over the age of 21.
• The Society (TV series) (2019), well-organized United States post-apocalyptic television followers where only a group gaze at teenagers remain after their inclusive town disappear mysteriously.

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