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Eli and his family have lived in the Compound for six years.The world they knew is gone.Eli's father built the Compound to keep them safe. Now, they can't get out.He won't let them.The Compound is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
About the Author
S.A. Bodeen is the author of the acclaimed YA novels The Compound, The Gardener, The Raft, and The Fallout. She is also the author of the Shipwreck Island series for middle grade readers. Raised on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania, an experience which inspired her to write Elizabeti's Doll, her first award-winning picture book. She has a BS in education, an MFA in writing, and has lived in eight states, two African countries, and on a remote Pacific atoll. She currently lives in the Midwest and travels the country doing school visits.
