While Miri’s is the main voice of the novel, each section is from the perspective of a range of characters narrating their own story of survival or loss in relation to the plane crashes. Miri and her friends, caught up in social dances and first loves, find themselves as unlikely survivors of the crashes while relatives and close friends die or become victims with PTSD-like symptoms that forever alter Miri’s relationships. Miri’s lovable Uncle Henry, a reporter for the local paper, writes about the incidents and interviews survivors. Set in the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey in the 1950’s, several plane crashes occur only a few months apart, and the town soon speculates causes ranging from attacks targeting the town’s children to alien invasions. Readers who grew up with Judy Blume’s memorable characters will find the same captivating, authentic qualities in Miri Ammerman, the teenage protagonist of Blume’s newest novel, In the Unlikely Event.
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