Epitaph Road -- David Patneaude

Epitaph Road is an excellent dystopian book told from a male perspective.  In many ways this is the most realistic dystopian book I’ve read.  In one way it is completely unrealistic...I didn’t completely buy that women would be so content to live without men.

Welcome to the year 2067 when a world-wide plague has almost completely wiped out the male population.  Over the years the plague, Alisha’s Bear, continues to creep up wiping out more males.  During this time crime has halted. Wars are no longer being fought.  Prisons have been transformed into libraries.  Women aren’t afraid to take jogs at night.

Fourteen-year-old Kellen feels alone.  His dad has chosen a life away from society, and his mom’s high pressure job seems more important than her son.  Kellen is also one of  only two boys in his entire class.

When his history class begins to study Alisha’s Bear, he and two of his classmates come across information that lead them to believe that there might be more to Alisha’s Bear than they originally thought.  When Kellen overhears that an outbreak might put his father in danger, he and his friends head out to try and warn him.

Dystopia/suspense/romance