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This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer

July 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Science Fiction

 Book 3 of the Last Survivors series begins one year since a meteor hit the moon knocking it closer to the Earth causing tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other severe weather changes.  Miranda Evans and her family has survived in Pennsylvania but food is scarce and the weather is freezing.  Ash from the volcanic eruptions [...]

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Science Fiction

Every year, the Capitol requires each district to send to representatives between the ages of twelve to eighteen to play in the Hunger Games. In the Hunger Games the participants fight to the death on national television. When Katniss Everdeen’s younger sister, Prim, gets chosen in the lottery to represent District 12, Katniss steps forward [...]

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The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Science Fiction

Todd Hewitt is the only boy left in Prentisstown, a town full of men. Prentisstown is a settlement town in the New World where Todd’s mother and father were pioneers in search of a new simple life. But a germ on the planet killed the women of Prentisstown and now all the men hear each [...]

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Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

May 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Science Fiction

Life As We Knew It is a remarkable book that makes you think about life as we know it.  A meteor is heading toward the moon.  Science teachers have been talking about it.  It’s on the news.  Families gather outside to view this phenomenon. But something unexpected happens when the meteor crashes into the moon! The [...]

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