Nil - Lynne Matson

Nil.

Zero.

Nothing.

Nada.

Seventeen year old Charley,

heads to Target one summer day

and suddenly finds herself

lying on a beach.

Naked.

Twelve days later,

she meets a group of teens 

and learns she's on the island of 

Nil.

And on Nil, 

you have exactly 365 days to leave

or you die.

Ok,

so let me start by saying I really enjoyed this book.

And I am fully aware it has gotten mixed reviews.

In fact, 

I think I even tried not to like it.

To focus on the negative.

I even,

gasp,

found out how it ended.

And yet,

I cried.

So I'm thinking,

if I know how a book ends,

I shouldn't cry.

But I did.

So this was a darn good book.

Charley meets Thad on Nil.

He teaches her about the island.

And they fall in love.

And it has it's 

Survivor meets Lost

moments.

We also meet Bart,

who's not very nice.

He tries to steal other's doors

(there's a porthole type thing to get out)

he picks fights.

And yet, 

his story just ends.

We never learn what Nil is

or how these kids end up there

and for many,

we don't know what happened to them.

But,

she made me cry.

And that alone

means this was one darn good book!!!!