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1) Mortal
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Rom Sebastian discovered a secret and consumed an ancient potion of blood to bring himself back to life. Nine years later, surviving against impossible odds, he has gathered a secret faction of followers who have also taken the blood--the first Mortals in a world that is dead. But The Order has raised an elite army to hunt and crush the living ... and no one knows the path to survival.
2) Forbidden
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Many years have passed since civilization's brush with apocalypse. The world's greatest threats have all been silenced. There is no anger, no hatred, no war. There is only perfect peace... and fear. But a terrible secret has been closely guarded for centuries: Every single soul walking the earth, though in appearance totally normal, is actually dead, long ago genetically stripped of true humanity. Fleeing pursuit, with only moments to live, a young...
3) Sovereign
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sovereign continues the New Testament allegory introduced in the series' first two books, Forbidden and Mortal, as Rom Sebastian battles the evil Order in a struggle to become truly alive and free.
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MaddAddam trilogy volume 2
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English
Description
The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners--a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as well as the preservation of all plant and animal life--has long predicted a natural disaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have survived: Ren,...
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"Months before publication, William R. Forstchen's One Second After was cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read. Hundreds of thousands of people have read the tale. One Year After is the thrilling follow-up to that smash hit. The story picks up a year after One Second After ends, two years since the detonation of nuclear weapons above the United States brought America to its knees. After suffering starvation, war, and countless...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
"Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of...
7) Dawn's light
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In the final book of the Restoration Series by bestselling author Terri Blackstock, the end of a global electrical blackout signals the beginning of the Branning family's ultimate test. Murder and affairs of the heart form the backdrop for a family sifting through the lessons they have learned--and how well they have truly learned them.
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"As the U.S. continues the effort to rebuild in the aftermath of a devastating electromagnetic pulse that plunges the country into darkness, John Matherson confronts his old commanding officer, who may be the turning point in the quest to unite the country again."--
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Series
Remnant (Vannetta Chapman) volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Nine months after a solar flare caused a complete failure of the electrical grid the Texas governor seeks volunteers to find the new federal government. Shelby and Max answer the governor's call and set out on a treacherous 600-mile journey where they will experience the terrifying effects of unrestrained anarchy"--
10) Future shock
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.6 - AR Pts: 30
Lexile measure
1290L
Language
English
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The author states that humanity is in the midst of a rising flood of techniological, social, and economic change and will suffer from the inability to process the enormous amounts of information and change associated with a super-industrial revolution.
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In the post-apocalyptic reimagining of the Lewis and Clark saga, a super flu and nuclear fallout have made a husk of the world we know. A few humans carry on, living in outposts such as the Sanctuary-the remains of St. Louis-a shielded community that owes its survival to its militant defense and fear-mongering leaders. Then a rider comes from the wasteland beyond its walls. She reports on the outside world: west of the Cascades, rain falls, crops...
12) Wayward
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Wanderers volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The sequel to the national bestseller Wanderers, the instant classic that "takes science, politics, horror, and science fiction and blends them into an outstanding story about the human spirit in times of turmoil, claiming a spot on the list of must-read apocalyptic novels" (NPR). Five years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to sleepwalk across the country to a destination only they knew. And they...
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
Description
In the epic final season, Daryl and Maggie embark on a risky mission with Negan to root out the shadowy Reapers while Eugene and Ezekiel make contact with the sprawling Commonwealth. To secure aid for Alexandria, their goal, they must assimilate, a tough ask for people who have seen no end of deceit, betrayal, and loss. Stunned by the Commonwealth's resources, the group slowly adjusts to their new home, but they cannot ignore what lurks beneath its...
15) Riddley Walker
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"A hero with Huck Finn's heart and charm, lighting by El Greco and jokes by Punch and Judy. . . . Riddley Walker is haunting and fiercely imagined and—this matters most—intensely ponderable." —Benjamin DeMott, The New York Times Book Review
"This is what literature is meant to be." —Anthony Burgess
"Russell Hoban has brought off an extraordinary feat of imagination and style. . . . The conviction and consistency
...17) Night light
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 660L
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English
Description
As the power outage continues, the Brannings struggle to bring their neighborhood together into a functioning community where everyone helps each other make their homes ready for winter, and fight the crime that is running rampant among them.
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"World War III is raging -- or so the millions of people crammed in their underground tanks believe. For fifteen years, subterranean humanity has been fed on daily broadcasts of a never-ending nuclear destruction, sustained by a belief in the all powerful Protector. But up on Earth's surface, a different type of reality reigns. East and West are at peace. And across the planet, an elite corps of expert hoaxers preserve the lie."
19) The light pirate
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"A luminous and wrenching portrait of a frighteningly possible future, The Light Pirate is a hopeful, sweeping story of survival and resilience spanning one extraordinary woman's lifetime as she navigates the uncertainty, brutality, and arresting beauty of a rapidly changing world (Booklist, starred review). Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state's infrastructure, a powerful...
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Positron volume 04
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English
Description
Stan and Charmaine are a married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Job loss has forced them to live in their car, leaving them vulnerable to roving gangs. They desperately need to turn their situation around—and fast. The Positron Project in the town of Consilience seems to be the answer to their prayers. No one is unemployed and everyone gets a comfortable, clean house to live in . . . for six months...
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