A review by theyellowbrickreader
The World Ends in April by Stacy McAnulty

3.0

When COVID-19 changed our daily lives in the middle of March, I wanted nothing to do with apocalyptic or dystopian novels. I wanted sunshine and rainbows and puppies and lollipops. But when April hit, I remembered this 2019 release from newish to me middle grade author, Stacy McAnulty. I read another book of hers earlier this year and enjoyed it, so I decided I could handle a middle grade reading level disaster story. And I thought it would be so topical to read it in April. I borrowed it on Libby, and in true to myself fashion, let it get to within two days of the due date. So yeah, I read it in May. I thought it was decent. It’s hard to gage how troublesome it would have been were I actually in the target age market. Outside the disaster, it’s really a tale of surviving middle school, the flux of friendships, learning which adults to trust, and a little bit of adolescent self discovery. Lots of science nerd stuff in it too, if that’s your thing.