2008-06-20 A great book for people of all ages

I first read this book when I was 14, and today (11 yrs later) it still has pride of place on my book shelf.
This book tells the story of a young girl, who is alone in a valley following nuclear war. Outside the valley all of the world seems to be gone. Following her families dissapearance after going looking for survivors, she is left to fend for herself. Then oneday she see's smoke on the horizon, she knows that someone is coming, and hides herself away deep in the forest.
The person who comes along, who she nicknames Zachariah, is a scientist, and after bathing in a contaminated river is left very ill, She tends to his needs, and takes care of him, but she knows very little of this man, and how his evil mind works.
This book is a pleasure to read, it tells a great story as seen through the eyes of a teenage girl, with her idylic dreams, and naiveity.
A truely great book for people of all ages