"Stephen Hundley has summoned forth a world that achieves a sense of strangeness and wonder while creating characters who are unrelentingly human in their flaws and strengths. A remarkable novel by an immensely talented young writer." -Ron Rash, author of The Caretaker
"This is a wonderful novel-part coming of age, part family drama, part thriller-and beautifully imagined. Written with great care and precision, the characters come alive on the page in a world you won't forget. Stephen Hundley is a writer to watch." -Chris Offutt, author of Code of the Hills
"A beautiful, intricate knot of a book." -Mesha Maren, author of Perpetual West
"Evocative and eccentric...delivers much more than an offbeat adventure about a tribe of misfits. Gritty, primeval and hauntingly human, Bomb Island is sometimes funny and other times sad. It's an action-packed thrill ride infused with depth and tenderness." -Leah Tyler, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Hundley mashes up Mark Twain and Shakespeare with a colorful adventure story about two star-crossed teen lovers. Hundley demonstrates remarkable narrative control.... Once this story sinks its claws into the reader, there's no shaking it." -Publishers Weekly
"A sharp, snappy novel setting a coming-of-age tale in the untamable chaos of the natural world, Bomb Island moves quickly. Hundley's nature-rich novel interrogates the thin line between love and heartbreak."-Stephanie Turza, Booklist
"A taut novel that hints at its characters' long histories...unpredictable and often charming." -Kirkus Reviews
"Filled to the brim with quirky characters with even quirkier names-and, yes, an actual bomb-as well as a live tiger, Bomb Island does not disappoint when it comes to creating tense situations." -Abby N. Lewis, Chapter 16
"With stunning images, evocative character portrayals and a snaking, edge-of-the-seat story, Bomb Island felt like a mix between Lord of the Flies and Swiss Family Robinson-intoxicating coming-of-age told between loved ones over a crackling fire on the beach." -Frankie Martinez, Southern Review of Books
"The pulse of Bomb Island, its attention to how love goes awry, how violence can feel like a shortcut to adulthood, and how much is lost (and won) when we finally do grow up, lingers long after the last page. It's a beautiful story about moving into the future and reconciling with the past, even when this act of self-integration feels like a tragedy." -Willem Marx, Washington Independent Review of Books
