![]() ![]() This story is full of understated horror and emotion. X records the demise of her parents and sister and there is a hint that she can recognise one of her friends who has been turned. She hides in a cellar during the day and goes out to forage for food at night, always on the alert for the Uglies. ![]() Given the chance, they would kill her, or infect her with their madness through a bite or even a scratch. She doesn’t tell us anything about how this horrific situation came about, but we are quickly drawn into her terrifying world, which is now inhabited by creatures that she calls “Uglies”. ![]() She is the only member of her immediate family to survive and she decides to record some of her experiences in a diary. X is a teenaged girl, who has survived a devastating, apocalyptic experience. X by Jack Croxall is a very good short story, written for a YA audience, but with appeal to all who love well written fiction. ![]()
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