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1) The ship
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In this thought-provoking and lyrical debut novel, a young woman's only hope for survival in the dystopian future is a ship, a Noah's Ark, that can rescue 500 people.
London burned for three weeks. And then it got worse...
Young, naive, and frustratingly sheltered, Lalla has grown up in near-isolation in her parents' apartment, sheltered from the chaos of their collapsed civilization. But things are getting more dangerous outside. People are killing...
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In the tenth year of the Change, the survivors in western Oregon have learned how to live in a world without technology. The city-state of Corvallis has preserved its university, and trade flourishes via riverboats and horse-drawn railways. Under the strong hand of Michael Havel, the Bearkillers hold the lands west of Salem in peace and order. And in the eastern half of the Willamette Valley, the Clan Mackenzie flourishes under the charismatic leadership...
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A chilling portrait of a family fighting to preserve their humanity in a cruel and merciless world The collapse of civilization has left the survivors scattered amongst a few settlements along the wilderness fringe of a land ravaged by war. Preyed upon by roving bands of sadistic ex-soldiers and ever at the mercy of a natural world that has turned against them, a family is facing their final days. Hope appears in the guise of their young son. Raised...
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A MINNESOTA BOOK AWARDS FINALIST IN NOVEL & SHORT STORY
In Benjamin Percy's new thriller, a post-apocalyptic reimagining of the Lewis and Clark saga, a super flu and nuclear fallout have made a husk of the world we know. A few humans carry on, living in outposts such as the Sanctuary-the remains of St. Louis-a shielded community that owes its survival to its militant defense and fear-mongering leaders.
Then a rider comes from the wasteland beyond...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 23
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English
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"A 1980s cultural assessment of the fantastical future of online behavior continues the story that began in the internationally best-selling futuristic novel, Ready Player One, that inspired a blockbuster Steven Spielberg film"-- Publisher.
8) Dawn's light
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As the blackouts cease and the world begins to return to normal, Deni and Beth Branning face tough choices, and the wrong one could cost Beth her life.
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One second after volume 3
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Forge, a Tom Doherty Associates book
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English
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10) After America
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Without warning volume 2
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English
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Traces the harrowing reconstruction of the United States after most of its population is killed by a natural disaster, an effort lead by President James Kipper and challenged by pirates, freebooters, and a rogue governor of Texas.
11) Edenborn
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The six survivors of a microbial apocalypse that has wiped out the human race find themselves divided by two different views of how a new society should be established, in a tale told from the viewpoints of a child from each side of the conflict.
12) Kingdom River
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Snowfall trilogy volume 2
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Tom Doherty Associates
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English
14) End time
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Tor
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English
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Three people face down a mysterious government organization in a search for a series of missing persons.
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English
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In this continuation of the bestselling author's chronicle of an alternate world, Rudi MacKenzie continues his trek across the land that was once the United States, where he hopes to learn the truth behind The Change that rendered technology across the globe inoperable.
16) Directive 51
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Daybreak novels volume 1
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Ace Books
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English
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Heather O'Grainne, Assistant Secretary in the Office of Future Threat Assessment, investigates a radical group called "Daybreak" who are attempting to destroy modern civilization starting with the elimination of America's top government personnel.
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Ready player novels volume 1
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Crown Publishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
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English
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Immersing himself in a mid-twenty-first-century technological virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty, and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's creator.
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Book of the change volume 2
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Ace Books
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English
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Thirty years after the cities went dark and the laws of humanity were replaced by magic, Fred Garey's friend Yan thinks he's found a way to reverse the Change.
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