Last Book in The Universe

     In my English class, we were introduced to book clubs.  We even started our own book club in class.  We were reading  The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick. 

     This book has a genre of science fiction.  Long into the future, a strong earthquake ruined the world and almost destroyed mankind.  Now, the world is gray and everyone is living in misery.  Except, if you're a proov* living in Eden, the paradise of the future.  Spaz is one of those people that doesn't live in Eden.  In the beginning of the book he rips off an old man called Ryter.  When Spaz comes back to receive the one item that he left with Ryter, he sits down with the old man and discovers that he's not that bad a guy. 

     Later, Spaz finds out that his sister is ill and could die.  He sets out to cross three latches** to get to her.  Before he leaves, Ryter decides to tag along for the last adventure of his life(he was old). 

     As they traveled on the outskirts of town, Little Face(a street kid that Spaz met traveling to Ryter) catches up with them.  Not long after, the trio saves a proov girl and in return she helps them with their quest.  In the book, there is many  more interesting surprises, but you'll have to read it to find out what they are. 

In my opinion, the book started out a bit confusing, but around chapters 3-5, I really started to get into it.