Hundreds of years ago mankind fled into space to survive the destruction of the Earth's surface. Their descendants now live a life of re...
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Showing posts with label survival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label survival. Show all posts
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Friday, August 29, 2014
Retro read: 'Survival' by Chris Ryan
For most of the teenagers on the Phoenix it is the adventure of a lifetime, sailing on the ocean and working as a tightknit team to keep eve...
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Labels:
12+,
action,
Chris Ryan,
coming of age,
Em,
friendship,
survival,
team work,
thriller
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Recommendation: 'More Than This' by Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness is a magical author; I absolutely adore his Chaos Walking trilogy, and can read it over and over again. I was therefore e...
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Labels:
ages 14+,
Bryony,
death,
Dystopia,
families,
future,
grief,
identity,
More Than This,
Patrick Ness,
science fiction,
suicide,
survival,
Tragedy
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Recommendation: 'Unwind' by Neal Shusterman
At some time in the future, abortion has been outlawed. However, unwanted babies can be left on doorsteps, and teenagers between the ages ...
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Recommendation: 'Dark inside' by Jeyn Roberts
Dark inside by Jeyn Roberts It's the end of the world (again). This time it's massive earthquakes happening all across the planet...
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Labels:
ages 14+,
Barry,
dystopias,
good and evil,
library staff,
survival
Saturday, May 19, 2012
New, hot, and recommended for May 2012
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Wow – talk about wow. What can I say about this book that hasn’t already been said? Is it amazing? Sh...
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Recommendation: 'Warriors in the crossfire' by Nancy Bo Flood
Warriors in the crossfire by Nancy Bo Flood This short little novel 140-pages is set on the North Pacific island of Saipan during the clo...
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Recommendation: 'Eve' by Anna Carey
Eve by Anna Carey. Eve has always been the model student at her School, the child who worked the hardest to learn the lessons she had to...
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Labels:
Anna Carey,
Eve,
Eve trilogy,
orphans,
science fiction,
survival
Saturday, December 24, 2011
5 reasons I want to read 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest district of ...
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Recommendation: 'Ashes, ashes' by Jo Treggiari
Ashes, ashes by Jo Treggiari. I got a bit confused by this end of the world novel. The adult population around the world dies as a res...
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Labels:
Ashes Ashes,
Barry,
dogs,
environmental disasters,
epidemics,
Jo Treggiari,
New York,
science fiction,
survival
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Recommendation: 'Rot & ruin' by Jonathan Maberry
Rot & ruin by Jonathan Maberry His whole life, Benny has thought his older brother Tom was a coward, a waste of space who doesn’t des...
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Review: 'Into the wilderness' by Mandy Hager
Into the wildnerness by Mandy Hager. The last time we saw Maryam, Ruth, Joseph and, unfortunately, Lazarus - they had just set sail. Flee...
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Labels:
end of the world,
Into the Wilderness,
Mandy Hager,
nz authors,
survival





