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Author
Series
Running out of time volume 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
2) Alebrijes
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When thirteen-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city's walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, and fellow outcasts as he tries to save his sister and fellow Cascabeles from the oppressive regime." --
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 1
Language
English
Description
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
Author
Series
Maze runner trilogy volume Prequel
Language
English
Description
"Before the trials, WICKED found Thomas, the perfect boy, to help them build the Maze and find the cure for the Flare, a disease that plagues the world. But the truth of what is really going on is a secret and Thomas must uncover it before time runs out"--
6) Outwalkers
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In a frighteningly real near future England, Jacob escapes from the Academy orphanage to reenter a world that is grimly recognizable. The Coalition can track anyone, anywhere, from a chip implanted at birth. Now Jacob must fulfill his promise to his parents, find his dog, Jet, and navigate his way out of England. Their only hope is a band of children who have found a way to survive off the grid: The Outwalkers. Their rules are strict, but necessary...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a future shaken by climate disasters, Yolanda Cicerón knows that nature is something to be feared. From the crops that don't grow to the terrifying creatures that roam the countryside, Yoly's life in the Valley is brutal and harsh. She dreams of leaving her farm to live in Silo--the most advanced town for miles around. But first, Yoly will need to prove she belongs in a place where only the smartest and most useful are welcomed. Between her razor-sharp...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ahab Goldstein is a seventh-grader living in an United States (specifically Maine) where the environment has turned toxic, and the corrupt Environmental Police Force is in control, limiting access to natural resources like gas and water, issuing fines, and transporting "fragile" species (pretty much all of them) to the Center for Species Rehabilitation in New Arcadia (a dubious refuge at best); so when Ahab and his friends find a real live bullfrog...
Author
Series
Books of Ember volume 2
Language
English
Description
Having escaped to the Unknown Regions, Lina and the others seek help from the village people of Sparks.
11) The last human
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After machines take control of Earth, following the extinction of humans, twelve-year-old robot XR 935A confronts its prejudices about humans and begins to reconsider its own existence within robot society after discovering and befriending a twelve-year-old human girl.--
12) Dreambender
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In a world where dreambenders manipulate dreams in order to remove emotions both negative and positive, Jeremy, an apprentice dreambender, discovers Callie's dreams of singing and wonders if there is more to life than security at any cost.
13) The broken path
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lucky and the rest of his Pack encounter another group of dogs that has survived the Big Growl--and these new dogs may be their most dangerous enemies yet"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"A boy on the run. A girl determined to find him. All light in Chattana is created by one man--the Governor, who appeared after the Great Fire to bring peace and order to the city. For Pong, who was born in Namwon Prison, the magical lights represent freedom, and he dreams of the day he will be able to walk among them. But when Pong escapes from prison, he realizes that the world outside is no fairer than the one behind bars. The wealthy dine and...
15) The lost Compass
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Postapocalyptic adventurer Chess and his airship crew just barely escaped the slums while searching for the one thing that would save their benefactor from fatal fogsickness. Unfortunately, there are more victims of the sickness, not to mention the constant looming threat of the mist overrunning the world. The one and only thing that can save everyone is the Compass, and Chess is the only one who can find it. Journeying off into the misty void on...
Author
Series
Flooded earth trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
[Pajama Press edition].
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Forty years after a devastating flood changed the face of the earth, new consequences and challenges are still surfacing. Twins Will and Annalie thought the hardest part about this year was going to be their separation when bookish Annalie began life at a prestigious Admiralty-run boarding school and avid sailor Will stayed behind in the flood-damaged slums. But that was before the Admiralty raided their father's workshop. Before they sent a questioner...
17) Horizon
Author
Series
Above World volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aluna and Hoku, Kampii from the City of Shifting Tides, and their friends, Equian Dash and winged Aviar Calli, are determined to stop a war. The maniacal ex-scientist Karl Strand is planning to conquer the world with his enormous army of tech-enhanced soldiers-- unless the four friends can get to Strand first. Aluna's plan is dangerous: pose as Upgraders and infiltrate the army. But the enemy isn't what they expected and the strategy begins to crumble....
18) Race the night
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Eider might be living at the end of the world, but that won't stop her from searching for the things that could make it all begin again--especially after Teacher announces a mysterious new type of lessons that turn her life upside down"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When an earthquake causes the deadly band of air that covers the post World War III Earth to begin to sink over the town of White Rock, twelve-year-old Hope must lead a team through the Bomb's Breath and across the Forbidden Flats to obtain the mineral which will save the town.
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