![]() ![]() Pandora has all kinds of wonderful qualities, but she is curious, and can’t resist opening a box she isn’t supposed to open, which releases terrible evils out onto the Earth. Miss Justineau often reads to the children from books about Greek gods and goddesses, and Melanie’s favorite is about Pandora, “the girl with all the gifts.”Īccording to legend, Pandora was the first human woman created by the gods, as a punishment to humanity for Promentheus’s theft of the secret of fire. But Melanie is smarter than any of the other kids, and she also has a crush on one of her teachers, Miss Justineau, who is the only one who treats Melanie with compassion. ![]() Every day she is strapped into a wheelchair and taken to a school, which she attends along with other similarly-restrained children. Much of the story is told from the perspective of Melanie, a ten-year-old girl who lives in a cell in an army barrack outside of what was formerly London. The Girl with All the Gifts is a post-apocalyptic zombie novel that distinguishes itself with a big twist uncommon to any zombie stories I have previously seen. ![]()
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