Entrancing throughout--but squeamish readers beware!"--KIRKUS REVIEWS, STARRED

"Even non-vampire fans will like this one. Exceptional." --KLIATT

A Top Ten Book for 2005, ALA Best Books for Youn8 Adults

A Top 40 Children’s Book selection for 2005, KIRKUS REVIEWS

A Best Book of the Year selection for 2005, SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

The summer is stifling, and strange things are happening in New York City. Rats have taken over the borough of BrookLyn. A weird, black, oily substance is oozing from fire hydrants and faucets. A mysterious epidemic is turning people into raving cannibals. And the signs say that worse is coming...

In the midst of all this, five teenagers are trying to ignore the madness and concen trate on something really Important their new band. But there’s no Way to escape the chaos, especiaLLy when it turns out their Lead singer has the disease--and her songs may hold the key to the entire chain of disasters. Will their music stave off the end of the world? Or summon it?

Set against the apocalypse that began in Peeps, The Last Days is about five teenagers who find themselves creating the soundtrack for the end of the world.