THE COUNTRY OF ICE CREAM STAR

Narrator Lisa Renee Pitts narrates this postapocalyptic novel with feeling. When an epidemic wipes out most of the world, killing those over the age of 19, Ice Cream Star is left to roam a ruined American with her tribe of children The group forages for food in trash and finds anything they can use in the remains of buildings. As narrator, Pitts faces considerable challenge. Ultimately, she's unable to make clearer the author's use of incomplete sentences, nonstandard grammar, and dialogue of broken English. Listeners who can move past the dialect will find the story of children surviving at world's end engaging as Pitts's melodic voice, full of warm undertones, brings them closer to the emotional core of Ice Cream Star's struggle for survival. M.R. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2015]