I couldn’t put this down. This is a very intellectual book. She is such a complex character that she felt alive (insert zombie joke . Jane was born to Ophelia McKeene, the mistress of Rose Hill. During that dinner party, Jane encounters her former boyfriend, Jackson Keats, who pleads for Jane's help to find his younger sister, Lily. The “Dread Nation” is an excellent story with interesting characters, deep strength and troubles, and uncontrived emotions.

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However, they are not invited as guests. Jane McKeene is the protagonist of the story. Kindle AZW file.Government officials took Jane McKeene from her home at Rose Hill plantation in Kentucky when she was 14 years of age. Jane and Katherine, along with Jackson and his little sister, join a group that runs for their lives. Shamblers are those that have risen from the dead and are no longer thinking people but are now brutal, thoughtless killers. Slavery is illegal following the end of the War between the States, which came to a brutal conclusion when the dead began to rise. Justina Ireland is the author of this book. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead. Nevertheless, Jane will never be accepted by society. Dread Nation is a mosh posh of all the best things in life: zombies, hardcore heroines, BISEXUALS, and some superb snarkiness. Summerland shows promise of having good leaders, but Jane and Katherine soon discover that there are brutal, ignorant men in charge of the town. The cage provides electric lights to the wealthy side of town. It is a fantastic story in an interesting and messed up world. She doesn't bother with humility -- she knows the damage she can do with her sickles and that table manners and upper-crust etiquette are trifling considerations. Every single character matters. Her voice was W.E.B. Jane is going through the mayor's home office when she and Jackson are caught. She was born two days before the dead started walking after Gettysburg. . She is caring, and hateful. While Jane and Katherine are plotting to take down the town's officials, shamblers breach the wall surrounding the town. She is hilarious, and dead serious. .) A few days later, Jane and Katherine Deveraux (her fellow student) are ordered to attend a formal dinner at the home of the Baltimore mayor. Jane McKeene, a Black teen born to a white mother, is shipped off to the most prestigious of schools, Miss Preston’s, where she hones her skills. Copyright 2020 by BookRags, Inc. I love Jane, the MC of DREAD NATION. The lead is amazing and strong. She must also face-down the ruling political party if she wants to create real change in this new world. They are to serve as Attendants, paid companions charged with keeping their patrons safe from shamblers. Jane and Katherine know they are not safe. Jackson, Jane, and Katherine are immediately shipped to Summerland, a new town in Kansas that officials are touting as a safe utopia. She is thoughtful, and impulsive. Every single line is important. After befriending an inventor named Gideon Carr, son of the Baltimore mayor, they learn that he created a Faraday cage, powered by shamblers.

Though Jane now attends Miss Preston's School of Combat, one of the better, more comprehensive programs, she longs for Rose Hill. Nevertheless, Jane will never be accepted by society. It was not an isolated incident because a law was in place that required all young blacks and Indians to attend one of the schools that taught how to fight the shamblers. Seriously. Jane McKeene is a badass lady. By the time the events of this novel take place, Jane has not heard from her mother in months and she fears that her mother is dead. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Her voice felt authentic for the time of reconstruction, but it didn't feel dated or stilted.

HarperCollins, New York, NY, 2018. This Study Guide consists of approximately 69 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - Lt. Roberta Warren (Kellita Smith) is a survivor of the zombie apocalypse. An ex- National Guard member activated out of Missouri, she is a member of the Westward-bound survivor group, and a former member of the Blue Sky Camp survivor group in New York. Dread Nation's main character, Jane, is everything you want in a protagonist: courageous, clever, funny, willful, and impulsive, but also vulnerable, generous, and selfless. Jane was born too dark to hide the fact that she has black ancestry; however, Ophelia raises her on the edge of society, teaching Jane to read and fit in during social occasions. Jane was born too dark to hide the fact that she has black ancestry; however, Ophelia raises her on the edge of society, teaching Jane to read and fit in during social occasions.