From Rebecca Segers author: Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games This popular YA novel that has captured the imagination of American teens and is soon to be a movie, is a well-paced post-apocalyptic tale of a state-imposed battle between teenagers drawn by lottery from each of the 12 Districts of Panem, which once was America, and [...]
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The Hunger Games
Posted in Apocalyptic Fiction, Fiction, Reading Club Reviews, Science Fiction, Teens on July 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Warm Bodies
Posted in Apocalyptic Fiction, Dark humor, Rosemarie's Picks, Science Fiction, tagged horror, Love story, Zombies on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Rosemarie Jerome author: Marion, Isaac Warm Bodies Whether caused by a plague or a curse, zombies roam the earth. Humans build their outposts. And the two groups are at war. R is a zombie and this is his story. Yes he hunts humans, shuffles around aimlessly, stands like a statue for hours and randomly [...]
Wild Fire
Posted in Apocalyptic Fiction, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Teen Book Reviewer's Picks, Thriller, tagged fbi, middle east, nuclear, terrorism, war on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Roberta Berrios author: DeMille, Nelson Wild Fire Wild Fire-a right wing plot to end the threat of Middle East terrorism, a premise of unfathomable proportions-powerful Americans detonating nuclear bombs in two large American cities to begin a world war. DeMille’s previous protagonist, Detective John Corey, now on the government’s anti-terrorism task force, returns to [...]
Going Bovine
Posted in Adventure, Apocalyptic Fiction, Magical Realism, Quirky Characters, Rosalia's Picks, Science Fiction, tagged Adventure, angels, Death, parallel dimensions, Printz Award, Road Trip, science fiction, time travel on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Rosalia Millan author: Bray, Libba Going Bovine Cameron Smith is a sixteen year old focused on being a slacker, and doing as little as possible. There is nothing really wrong with his home life, he just feels overlooked and has decided to exploit that for all it’s worth. Everything changes when he contracts Creutzfeldt-Jacob [...]
