by Suzanne Collins
Katniss lives in a future North America where each of the districts has to send a teenage boy and girl every year to the Hunger Games, a survival game which only one teen can survive. When Katniss’s little sister is chosen, she volunteers to go in her place.
June 12th, 2009
by Lloyd Jones
This amazing story is set on a lonely island with only one white person whose uniqueness and love for English literature leads him to be the teacher for a class of children when the other teachers have fled the island during a civil war.
June 8th, 2009
by Paul Volponi
On the eve of Hurricane Katrina, football-obsessed Miles, his musician father, and his uncle are trapped in New Orleans. Stuck in the Superdome until the hurricane passes, they must survive the storm and imagine the New Orleans that awaits them outside.
February 27th, 2009
by Terry Pratchett
After a tidal wave destroys his island village, Mau and another survivor, an English girl, have to figure out how to take care of themselves and the other refugees, fight cannibals, and deal with different ideas of civilization and religion.
February 27th, 2009
by Cormac McCarthy
A father and son travel the lone road in this gripping and stark post-apocalyptic tale.
February 10th, 2009
by Richard Lewis
Sarah, an American tourist, and Ruslan, an Indonesian mechanic’s son, are separated from their families during the devastating 2004 tsunami. As they struggle to survive, they grow to care deeply about one another.
January 22nd, 2009
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