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• The Last Bookstore on Earth

  Braun-Arnold, Lily,

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  "In a dystopian world devastated by The Storm, seventeen-year-old Liz finds refuge in her old bookstore, but when Maeve breaks in seeking shelter from another impending storm, the two confront their secrets and inner demons as they fight…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Meadows

  Oakes, Stephanie (Young adult author),

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  Everyone hopes for a letter—to attend the Estuary, the Glades, the Meadows. These are the special places where only the best and brightest go to burn even brighter. When Eleanor is accepted at the Meadows, it means escape from her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nightbreaker

  Ma, Coco,

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  Secretly hunting Deathlings, deadly creatures prowling Manhattan's subway tunnels and blood-soaked streets, vengeance-fueled Rei enters the Tournament, a competition to join the ranks of the city's legendary Deathling hunters, and finds…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Under This Forgetful Sky

  Yero, Lauren,

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  When rebels infect his father with a fatal virus, 16-year-old Rumi escapes the armored walls of St. Iago to find a cure and is joined on his journey by 15-year-old Paz but wonders if they can trust in each other enough to imagine a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Chaperone

  Hendrix, M,

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  Like every young woman in New America, Stella knows the rules: Stella can't go out by herself, or spend time with boys except at Visitations. Girls in New America must have chaperones at all times until they marry, so Stella's lucky that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Warning.

  Acevedo, Kristy

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  Alexandra Lucas' anxiety disorder was enough to deal with before then mysterious holographic doors suddenly appeared throughout the world, heralding the end of the earth. The holograms claim to be humans from the future offering the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mindwalker

  Dylan, Kate,

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  Eighteen-year-old Sil Sarrah is determined to die a legend. But with only twelve months left before the supercomputer grafted to her brain kills her, Sil's time is quickly running out. In the ten years she's been rescuing field agents for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blood Circus

  Victoire, Camila,

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  Debut author Victoire tackles themes of environmentalism and prejudice via a bone-chilling plot in this dystopian fantasy. Sixteen-year-old adopted Ava Sparrow lives inside the fenced area of Red River, a settlement in a future Canada,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stranded

  Daniels, Sarah

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  Aboard the Arcadia, which was once a luxurious sea vessel but now a refugee camp after an apocalyptic war, loyal citizen Esther and rebel Nik are thrown together by events that change their lives and the lives of everyone on the ship…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Monarch Rising

  Glenn, Harper,

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  In a dystopian future seventeen-year-old Josephine Monarch has grown up in the Ashes, the poverty stricken borderlands of New Georgia, but today is the Lineup and if she is chosen she gets a chance to leave that behind--even though it will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Getaway

  Giles, Lamar, 1979-

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  Jay discovers that the mountain resort where he lives and works with his friends and family is also a doomsday oasis for the rich and powerful who expect top-notch customer service even as the world outside the resort's walls disintegrates.

• The Memory Index

  a Novel

  Vaca, Julian R.,

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  In a reimagined 1987, mankind's ability to remember has deteriorated. Five hundred randomly selected students will be sent to a prestigious boarding school, where they will trial the new medical technology in pursuit of a "better…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ballad of Dinah Caldwell

  Brauning, Kate,

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  When the man responsible for her mother’s death, wealthy rancher Gabriel Gates, puts a $10,000 reward on her head, 17-year-old Dinah, homeless and alone in the woods, will stop at nothing to see this killer dead.

• Rise of the Red Hand

  Chadha, Olivia,

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  The South Asian Province is split in two. Uplanders lead luxurious lives inside a climate-controlled biodome, dependent on technology and gene therapy to keep them healthy and youthful forever. Outside, the poor and forgotten scrape by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bearmouth

  Hyder, Liz,

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  The days are long and dark in the coal mines of Bearmouth, where people work hard for paltry wages for the Master, under the all-knowing watch of their Mayker. As demand to increase production climbs and ""axidents"" in the mines rise,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Skyhunter

  Lu, Marie, 1984-

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  The nation of Mara is fighting a losing war against the Karensa Federation and its superior technology harnessed from the Early Ones—a fallen civilization readers will recognize as our own. Mara was supposed to be a safe haven for Talin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sanctuary

  Mendoza, Paola,

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  For 16-year-old Colombian immigrant Valentina “Vali” González Ramirez, a life of safety and security hinges on a black-market implant “no bigger than a grain of rice.” In the year 2032, the U.S.—in the middle of an economic downturn—exerts…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Loop

  Oliver, Ben (Science fiction writer),

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  Enduring a tortuous existence on a futuristic death row for teens where inmates can delay their execution date in exchange for becoming laboratory subjects, Luka uncovers rumors about chaos spreading throughout the outside world before he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rebelwing

  Tang, Andrea,

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  Business is booming for Prudence Wu. A black-market-media smuggler and scholarship student at the prestigious New Columbia Preparatory Academy, Pru is lucky to live in the Barricade Coalition where she is free to study, read, watch, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Light at the Bottom of the World

  Shah, London,

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  In the last days of the twenty-first century, sea creatures swim through the ruins of London. Trapped in the abyss, humankind wavers between fear and hope--fear of what lurks in the depths around them, and hope that they might one day find…Read moreRead more of this annotation