English Dept Book of the Week: Z for Zachariah: Ann Burden is 16 and completely alone.A nuclear war has taken everyone from her.Smoke from a distant campfire shatters Ann's solitude. Excited and terrified, Ann realizes there may be worse things than being the last person on Earth

English Book of the Week: The Diary of Anne Frank: In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a 13 year old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding where they stayed for the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo.