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“Leave it to Peter Heller to imagine a postapocalyptic world that contains as much loveliness as it does devastation. His hero, Hig, flies a 1956 Cessna (his dog as copilot) around what was once Colorado, chasing all the same things we chase in these pre-annihilation days: love, friendship, the solace of the natural world, and the chance to perform some small kindness. The Dog Stars is a wholly compelling and deeply engaging debut.”...
4) Domain
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Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 22
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English
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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In the present, three individuals--Lila, a pregnant doctor, Kittridge, a loner, and April, a teenager caring for her younger brother--struggle to survive as a man-made apocalypse unfolds. While, one hundred years in the future, Amy and others support the Twelve as they fight a dark enemy with plans for humankind that are worse than extinction.
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"This imaginative and affecting new novel is beloved, bestselling, and award-winning author David Yoon at his finest: thought-provoking and heart-piercing, by turns funny and challenging, and at all times deeply human"--
8) Cat's cradle
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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One of Vonnegut's major works, a young writer decides to interview the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb. This is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.
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English
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The classic collaboration from the internationally bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, soon to be an original series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.
"Good Omens . . . is something like what would have happened if Thomas Pynchon, Tom Robbins and Don DeLillo had collaborated. Lots of literary inventiveness in the plotting and chunks of very good writing and characterization. It's a wow. It would make one hell of a movie....
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English
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First published in 1907, "Lord of the World" is the dystopian work of science fiction by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson which depicts the rise of the Anti-Christ and the ensuing end of the world. The novel begins with a prologue set in early 21st century London in which the history of the last century is described. A global rise of Marxism has divided the world up into three power-blocs; a European Confederation of Marxist one-party states, an Eastern...
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IRB
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Get the Summary of Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim, trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (those idiots), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos ®.Then Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, and S.T. starts to feel like something isn't quite right. His most tried-and-true remedies--from beak-delivered beer to the slobbering affection of Big Jim's loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis--fail...
15) 2012
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Eleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. It's how she understands the world and her place in it. Kemi knows her odds of being born were 1 in 5.5 trillion, and that the odds of her having the best family ever were even lower. Yet somehow, Kemi lucked out. But everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hover in the sky, casting a purple haze over her world. Amplus-68 has an 84.7% chance of...
17) Descendant
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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In this pulse-pounding sequel to Starling, Lesley Livingston delivers another electrifying blend of nonstop action and undeniable romanceperfect for fans of Cassandra Clares Mortal Instruments series. The last thing Mason Starling remembers is the train crossing a bridge. An explosion ... a blinding light ... then darkness. Now she is alone, stranded in Asgardthe realm of Norse legendand the only way for her to get home is to find the Spear of Odin,...
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Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Prez knows that the best way to keep track of things is to make a list. That's important when you have a grandfather who is constantly forgetting. And it's even more important when your grandfather can't care for you anymore and you have to go live with a foster family out in the country. Prez is still learning to fit in at his new home when he answers the door to meet Sputnik--a kid who is more than a little strange. First, he can hear what Prez...
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Head of Zeus / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Humanity clings to life on a dying Earth in an epic, far-future science fiction novel from an award-winning author. The sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar , last of all cities, harbours fewer than 100,000 human souls. Built on the ruins of countless civilisations, Shadrapar is a museum, a midden, an asylum, a prison on a world that is ever more alien to humanity. Bearing witness to the desperate struggle...
20) Dust to Dust
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Series
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MIRA
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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New York Times bestselling Heather Graham introduces readers to the end of the world in a thrilling supernatural romance where the very fate of humanity is at stake.
Not long ago, Scott Bryant would have described himself as an ordinary guy. But one act of heroism has changed his life forever-or at least until the apocalypse occurs. Because the end of the world is on its way.
Suddenly and inexplicably possessed of superhuman strength, Scott...
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