448 pages
French language
Published 2014 by L'Atalante, Librairie L'Atalante.
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favorite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up. Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad. THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS is a sensational thriller, perfect for fans of Stephen King, Justin Cronin and Neil Gaiman.
This would be the darker of the two books I've been reading with protagonists who have an overpowering hunger to eat the people they love.
Not a good book to be in the middle of if you're going to be sick and lying in bed with feverish dreams.
But I had to finish it.
