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It's summer in Alaska and the light surrounding the shipping-container-turned-storage-shed where Liv Russo is being held prisoner is fuzzy and grey. Around her is thick forest and serrated mountains. In front of her, across a clearing, is a low-slung cabin with a single window that spills a wash of yellow light onto bare ground. Illuminated in that light is the father of her child, a man she once loved. A man who is now her jailor. Liv vows to do...
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I survived volume 23
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English
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It was 1964 in the brand-new state of Alaska, a vast land of staggering beauty and heart-stopping dangers. Eleven-year-old Jack had grown up living happily with his parents in an off-the-grid cabin, miles from their closest neighbors. Jack had always thought of himself as strong--"Alaska tough". But then the most powerful earthquake in American history--the Good Friday Earthquake--struck. The 9.2 magnitude quake lasted nearly five minutes, destroying...
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Last kids on Earth volume 9
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The last kids may have escaped the forbidden fortress by the skin of their teeth, but there isn't much to celebrate. Thrull has what he needs to complete the Tower, Rezzoch will most certainly come to Earth, and the world as they know it will cease to exist. Except Jack's Cosmic Hand is now even more powerful than he realized, and it might just be able to stop the inevitable from happening. To get the answers he seeks, he'll need to travel farther...
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Moon apocalyptic novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Years after a mysterious cataclysm caused a permanent blackout that toppled infrastructure and thrust the world into anarchy, Evan Whitesky's community is running out of resources in remote northern Ontario. Evan and his fifteen-year-old daughter, Nangohns, lead a small scouting party to their traditional home on the north shore of Lake Huron, to discover what kind of life--and what dangers--still exist in the lands to the south"--
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Little Island Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Aria lives on a well-ordered planet whose people have eradicated illness and even death. Earth is their 'shadow planet' which they populated with humans centuries ago so they could study them and learn from their experiences. Now the experiment is coming to an end and Aria must go to Earth with her scientist father to set off a train of events which will destroy its people. Brought up to believe that humans are inferior, Aria is shocked to discover...
6) Testament
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English
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Testament is the dramatic story of the aftermath of a nuclear attack. A nuclear strike has occurred. No one knows who did it. No one knows why. But the unthinkable has happened and nothing can ever be the same again. Jane Alexander stars as Carol Wetherly, a wife and a mother of three children. William Devane portrays her husband, away on a San Francisco trip during the devastating blast. Alone, Carol must hold her family together and, helplessly,...
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm
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English
Description
When twelve-year-old Raymond and his pup Rosie are abandoned by his family, he uses his wilderness skills to survive in the woods, but as winter comes, he realizes his wits are not enough, and that perhaps it is time he starts trusting others with his secret.
8) Midnight
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English
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"While on a dream cruise aboard a luxury liner to Antarctica, actuary Olivia Campbell is plunged into a desperate battle for survival against a killer determined to stop the ship from reaching its final destination, soon discovering she may have booked a one-way ticket to her own death"--
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Nameless republic novels volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Traumatized by their escape from Bassa, Lilong and Danso have found safety in a vagabond colony on the edge of the emperor’s control. But time is running out on their refuge. A new bounty makes every person a threat, and whispers of magic have roused those eager for their own power. The journey home will be long, filled with twists and treachery, unexpected allies and fabled enemies. But surviving the journey is the least of their problems. Something...
10) Powerless
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Series
Powerless trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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In the kingdom of Ilya, all were not fortunate enough to survive the Plague. Those who did possess power: they are the Elites. Those born Ordinary are just that: ordinary. Paedyn Gray's lack of an ability made her a felon by fate, and a thief by necessity when the king decreed that all Ordinaries be banished in order to preserve his Elite society. Having been trained by her father to be overly observant since she was a child, she poses as a Psychic...
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Two Irish women face the ultimate dilemma of whether or not to sacrifice their sons' lives for a cherished belief in the poignant drama Some Mother's Son.Inspired by actual events, this intensely moving story pits the humanity of two ordinary Irish mothers against the cold cruelty of a hunger strike waged by notorious Irish Republican Army (IRA) leader Bobby Sands (John Lynch). Lifelong pacifist Kathleen Quigley (Helen Mirren) and fervent IRA supporter...
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Summoned by the ghost of Ian, the friend they left for dead, Owen, Madeline, Emerson and Dax must restart the deadly game they never finished in order to bring Ian home, entering into a hell-scape of Japanese underworlds where they must make the ultimate sacrifice" --
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English
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"When classmates Baxter, Abigail, Turner and Emerson break a school rule, they're forced to travel to the middle of nowhere for an extra credit project. They think things can't get much worse. After all, how will learning to survive in the wilderness help them stay out of trouble in school? What starts off as a weekend of team building takes a scary turn when their instructor goes missing and they are given nothing but pages of a survival guide to...
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Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Izzy and Nate, two people with undeniable chemistry who met on a plane that crashed, can never seem to reconnect over the ensuing years until a high-stakes reunion in Afghanistan puts their lives on the line again"--
15) Nightwatching
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A razor-sharp thriller about a mother forced to the breaking point when her life and the lives of her children are threatened by a stranger"--
16) Defiant
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Series
Skyward (Brandon Sanderson) volume 4
Language
English
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Spensa needs all the knowledge she gathered in the Nowhere to end the Superiority's quest for galactic dominance, but first she must determine how far she is willing to go for victory.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"A twenty-first century hamlet. Hayden Lichfield's life is ripped apart when he finds his father murdered in their lab, and the camera logs erased. The killer can only have been after one thing: the Sisyphus Formula the two of them developed together, which might one day reverse death itself. Hoping to lure the killer into the open, Hayden steals the research. In the process, he uncovers a recording his father made in the days before his death, and...
18) White Squall
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English
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A poignant coming of age tale, White Squall is a high adventure story that focuses on a troubled group of teenage boys who spend eight months sailing around the Caribbean on a schooner school ship. When Chuck Geig attends the memorial service of Capt. Richard Sheldrake we flash back to 1961 and see him at 16 years old getting on the Albatross with seven other male classmates. By using a tough love approach, Captain Sheldrake helps the boys through...
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English
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Eleven-year-old Nico Crispi never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards "the east" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
Author
Series
I survived (Graphic novels) volume 8
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
147 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox becomes caught up in a gunfight between American and British troops during the American Revolution.
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