First post, and a post out of desperation, at that. I've been looking for this story for a while; I read it in a children's or young adult anthology in the late '90s/early 2000s. The gist of it was that there's been some sort of alien invasion, and a large number of humans have been wiped out. The aliens can sense metal, so people, for instance, with braces or fillings find it almost impossible to escape. I believe -- but this part of my memory is especially unclear -- that the protagonists believed that the aliens were weak against water, and if they got to a lake they would be safe. I think they were wandering around in a forest. Unfortunately, they were wrong, and the story ended unhappily.
It wasn't Stephen Gould's Bugs in the Arroyo.
Thanks for any help anyone can give!!
It wasn't Stephen Gould's Bugs in the Arroyo.
Thanks for any help anyone can give!!
