{"id":11821,"date":"2021-04-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11821"},"modified":"2021-04-17T09:35:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T14:35:48","slug":"p-is-prepped-to-survive-any-disaster-almost-by-bethany-mangle-ya-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11821","title":{"rendered":"P is PREPPED to survive any disaster…almost, by Bethany Mangle (YA book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ready for fire, falling into icy waters,
nuclear fallout, kidnap attempts,
but not real-life like other families\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up with doomsday preppers<\/a> means constant vigilance and training – high school senior Becca has the scars to prove it. Both sets of grandparents established this Ohio neighborhood of survivalists, hidden bunkers in their backyards and all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone else in town thinks they’re an end-times cult, but there’s no religion here, just paranoia and preparation and more paranoid preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Roy Kang’s family joined the group, “genetic diversity” was her parents’ first thought, so he and Becca are paired for marriage soon and will learn trades that’ll benefit the group, no matter what they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becca believes in science, her physics teacher believes she can get a full scholarship<\/a> far away from here, and somehow dumb-as-a-rock Roy turns out to be much smarter than their parents think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Always be ready for the worst day of your life,” but improbably her Dad wasn’t, so now Mom’s in charge and pushing younger kids into hazardous training early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can she and Roy leave without tripping the perimeter alarms?
Could their new non-prepper friend really help them escape?
How can Becca leave her 10-year-old sister Katie here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love could make them a family, but bone-deep fear of everything makes life unbearable in this debut novel of surviving more than just improbable disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where would a full-ride scholarship take you?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info:<\/strong> Prepped \/ Bethany Mangle. Margaret K. McElderry Books\/ Simon Schuster, 2021. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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