The Last of Us: American Dreams by Neil Druckmann
19 years ago, a parasitic fungal outbreak killed the majority of the world's population. In one of the few remaining quarantine zones, 13 year old Ellie begins her new life as a ward of a military boarding school, where a friendship with fellow student Riley leads to her first trip in the outside world. Beyond the walls of the regimented civil order they know, Ellie and Riley are soon confronted with the violent ways of life of the insurgent group The Fireflies-and with the monstrous victims of the infection!
The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens by Brooke Hauser
Chronicles a year in the life of a diverse group of seniors, all recent
immigrants for whom English is a second language, at the renowned
International High School in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
Divided We Fall by Trent Reedy
Danny Wright never thought he'd be the man to bring down the United
States of America. In fact, he enlisted in the Idaho National Guard
because he wanted to serve his country the way his father did. When the
Guard is called up on the governor's orders to police a protest in
Boise, it seems like a routine crowd-control mission ... but then
Danny's gun misfires, spooking the other soldiers and the already
fractious crowd, and by the time the smoke clears, twelve people are
dead.
Avalon by Mindee Arnett
For fans of Josh Whedon's cult classic television show Firefly comes a
fascinating and fast-paced sci-fi thriller from author Mindee Arnett,
about a group of teenage mercenaries who stumble upon a conspiracy that
threatens the entire galaxy. Jeth Seagrave and his crew have made their
name stealing metatech: the devices that allow people to travel great
distances faster than the speed of light. In a world where the agencies
that patrol the outer edges of space are as corrupt as the crime bosses
who control them, it's as much of a living as anyone can ask for. For
years Jeth's managed to fly under the radar of the government that
executed his parents for treason--but when he finds himself in
possession of information that both government and the crime bosses are
willing to kill for, he's going to find there's no escaping his past
anymore. With pulse-pounding action, a captivating mystery, and even a
bit of romance, Avalon is the perfect read for hard-core sci-fi fans and
non-sci-fi fans alike.
Blythewood by Carol Goodman
Welcome to Blythewood. At seventeen, Avaline Hall has already
buried her mother, survived a horrific factory fire, and escaped from an
insane asylum. Now she's on her way to Blythewood Academy, the elite
boarding school in New York's mist-shrouded Hudson Valley that her
mother attended; and was expelled from. Though she's afraid her high
society classmates won't accept a factory girl in their midst, Ava is
desperate to unravel her family's murky past, discover the identity of
the father she's never known, and perhaps finally understand her
mother's abrupt suicide. She's also on the hunt for the identity of the
mysterious boy who rescued her from the fire. And she suspects the
answers she seeks lie at Blythewood. But nothing could have
prepared her for the dark secret of what Blythewood is, and what its
students are being trained to do.
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