Shards & Ashes
A collection of nine dystopian tales, with selections by Veronica Roth, Nancy Holder, Melissa Marr, and others.
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year: 2013
copies: 11
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Run For Cover
"In a terrifying new world, four girls must depend on one another if they want to survive.
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year: 2011
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
Behind The Gates
Louisa is nervous about attending a new boarding school, but thrilled to have her best friend, Maddie, with her, even though the two have to pretend to be twins, but when everything, including Maddie, begins to change after the girls arrive, Louisa fears her adventure will turn into a nightmare.
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year: 2011
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
The Year Of The Flood
Adam One, the leader of a religious vegetarian group called God's Gardeners, predicted that a catastrophe would decimate Earth.
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year: 2010
copies: 10
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The Big Empty
After half of the world's population is killed by a plague, seven teenagers seek a better life in a nightmarish future by deciphering coded messages and trying to avoid the Slashers.
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year: 2004
copies: 11
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Fuse
In a post-apocalyptic world where those who dwell within the Dome are safe, and those who live outside struggle to survive, Pressia decodes secrets from the past in an effort to set the Wretches free of their fusings forever.
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year: 2013
copies: 5
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Pure
In a post-apocalyptic world, Pressia, a sixteen-year-old survivor with a doll's head fused onto her left hand meets Partridge, a "Pure" dome-dweller who is searching for his mother, sure that she has survived the cataclysm.
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year: 2013
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: apocalyptic fiction, science fiction, end of the world, science fiction, dystopias [X], survival
Dance Of The Red Death
In this continuation of a twist on Edgar Allen Poe's gothic short story, wealthy seventeen-year-old Araby Worth, betrayed and bereft, discovers that she will fight for her city and the people she loves, beginning at the prince's masked ball.
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year: 2015
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: plague, love, wealth, balls (parties), dystopias [X], action and adventure fiction, romance fiction
Bloodtide
Two ruthless gangs of warlords fight over the bombed-out remains of the city of London, until a truce is suggested by the patriarch of the Volson clan, who offers his fourteen-year-old daughter's hand to his blood rival.
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year: 2007
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: arranged marriage, teenagers, marriage, london (england), dystopias [X], gangs, young women, armistices
Bloodsong
As the only remaining member of the Volson clan, fifteen-year-old Sigurd takes a sword forged from a knife given to his father by the god Odin and embarks on a mission to reunite his country.
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year: 2007
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, dystopias [X], adventure fiction, fantasy fiction, london (england)
X Isle
Baz and Ray, survivors of an apocalyptic flood, win places on X-Isle, an island where life is rumored to be better than on the devastated mainland, but they find the island to be a violent place ruled by religious fanatic Preacher John, and they decide they must come up with a weapon to protect themselves from impending danger.
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year: 2011
copies: 6
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subjects: islands, floods, religious fanaticism, regression (civilization), dystopias [X], science fiction, survival
Desolation Angels
After learning that the head of their community of Novo Mundum wants them killed, five teenagers escape into the Big Empty--a lawless space left desolate after a virus destroyed much of the human race.
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year: 2004
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
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subjects: dystopias [X], survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, survival, science fiction
Steampunk
Contains three science fiction stories by H.G. Wells accompanied by Steampunk-inspired illustrations.
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year: 2013
copies: 1
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subjects: time travel, imaginary wars and battles, space warfare, science fiction, dystopias [X], mars (planet)
Not A Drop To Drink
In a barren world where water is a precious resource, Lynn protects a pond on her property from other people and wildlife alike, preserving every drop for her own use.
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year:
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
The True Tale Of The Monster Billy Dean, Telt By Hisself
Billy Dean is a secret child, growing up in the dark heart of Blinkbonny.
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year: 2011
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670