02684cam a2200421 4500 771633230 TxAuBib 20220119120000.0 180322s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017943393 9780062570604 trade 0062570609 trade ICrlF eng ICrlF ICrlF TxAuBib Ireland, Justina. Dread nation [Book] / Justina Ireland. 1st ed. New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] 451 p. ; 22 cm. Dread Nation ; ; 1 Includes bibliographical references. School Library Journal starred, February 2018. Booklist starred, November 2017. Pub Weekly, January 2018. Kirkus Starred, February 2018. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. "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 weaponryand 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"--Dust jacket. Young Adult Follett Library Resources. Young Adult. 20180724. Zombies Juvenile fiction. Zombies Fiction. African American teenage girls Juvenile fiction. African American teenage girls Fiction. Alternative histories (Fiction.) Dread Nation ; ; 1.