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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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"A 1980s cultural assessment of the fantastical future of online behavior continues the story that began in the internationally best-selling futuristic novel, Ready Player One, that inspired a blockbuster Steven Spielberg film"--
Days after winning control of OASIS, the immersive virtual reality environment in which most of humanity chooses to live, Wade Watts discovers a world-changing technological advancement and draws the attention of a merciless...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
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"An exuberantly realized, exciting, and sweet-natured cyber-quest. Cline's imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smash-hit vibe."--Booklist, starred review
"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...
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Six years after a global pandemic wiped out most of the planet's population, the survivors are rebuilding the country, split between self-governing cities, hippie communes and wasteland gangs. Krista, Moira, Rob and Sunny are brought together by circumstance, and their lives begin to twine together. But when reports of another outbreak throw the fragile society into panic, the friends are forced to finally face everything that came before--and everything...
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In the post-apocalypse, folks getting by in the Sanctuary (the remains of St. Louis) are surprised when a woman rushes in to report that in the West, civilization flourishes and crops grow. Unfortunately, there's also an army on the march that enslaves everyone it encounters.
6) Ember
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English
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Three years ago, the sun began to die.In a desperate attempt to reignite the failing star, the United States had joined the rest of the planet in unloading its nuclear arsenal at the flickering ember. The missiles burst from silos in Wyoming and Bangladesh, cocooning the earth in tendrils of smoke as they began their two-and-a-half year journey into space. When they finally reach their target, its thirty degrees in July and getting colder. Lisa and...
Author
Publisher
Spectra Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When Minnesota is invaded by warriors from the ancient world, sixteen-year-old Macy and her family head down the Mississippi by boat to escape from the encroaching madness.
8) Inch by inch
Author
Series
Step by step novels volume 2
Language
English
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In Inch by Inch, book two in the trilogy, the residents of Sycamore River have only just adjusted to the end of the Change. Until the morning people notice that metal starts to behave oddly. It's dissolving. The world is pushed into global war, and a small band of Sycamore River survivors only have on another. They have to survive the unthinkable.--
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Edge of collapse volume 6
Language
English
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Three months after an EMP attack destroys the U.S. power grid, starvation and disease have killed millions. With the end of winter finally in sight, the town of Fall Creek, Michigan balances on the precipice of collapse. They have suffered and sacrificed. But to forge a future worth living, they will have to face the darkness within themselves. Each must decide--will they retain their humanity or choose survival at any cost.
Author
Series
Lone survival volume 2
Publisher
Direct Response Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Four months after an EMP brought the power grid down, Landon Gray and Beth 'Bluebird' Sullivan scrambling to survive. With no power, no internet, no phones, no transportation, and over a thousand miles from his home in Castine, Maine, they set off on a perilous journey using the Appalachian Trail. But as chaos forces the worst of society into their path, they must fight to survive.
11) The alchemist
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Series
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"In the beleaguered city of Khaim, a lone alchemist seeks a solution to a deadly threat....Every time a spell is cast, a bit of bramble sprouts, sending up tangling vines, bloody thorns, and threatening a poisonous sleep"--From publisher's description on jacket flap.
12) True light
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English
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The residents of Oak Hollow are coping with the deep winter nights. But the struggle to survive can bring out the worst in a person---and a community. A teenager has been shot and the suspect sits in jail. As the son of a convicted murderer, Mark Green already has one strike against him. Now he faces the wrath of all Oak Hollow---except for one person. Deni Branning has known Mark since high school and is convinced he is no killer. When Mark finds...
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"Far in Earth's future, in a post-utopian hell-hole, Hanson works ten solid back-breaking hours a day, shoveling endless mountains of coal, within sight of the iridescent wall that separates what's left of humanity from their gods. One day, after a tragedy of his own making, Hanson leaves the city, not knowing what he will do, or how he will survive in the wilderness without work. He finds himself drawn to the wall, to the elusive promise of God....
14) All that escapes
Author
Series
Lone survival volume 3
Publisher
Direct Response Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A month and a half on the Appalachian trail and Beth 'Bluebird' Sullivan and Landon Gray thought they'd seen the worst of society. With a mysterious stranger in their midst, trouble at every turn, and miles to go, the unknown will be even more terrifying. Back in Castine, Maine, survival is getting harder every day as martial law is imposed and loyalty tested. When Max goes missing and returns with a tale of a group who might be able to help, Deputy...
15) Fever: a novel
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Language
English
Description
"Nico Storm and his father Willem drive a truck filled with essential supplies through a desolate land. They are among the few in South Africa -- and the world, as far as they know -- to have survived a devastating virus which has swept through the country. Their world turned upside down, Nico realizes that his superb marksmanship and cool head mean he is destined to be his father's protector, even though he is still only a boy. But Willem Storm,...
16) The storm
Author
Series
Time of heroes volume 2
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The universe has shattered into chaos and monsters. Jon, the Leader, is dedicating his life to reuniting the scattered hamlets into a Commonwealth where all humans can live protected against the darkness. But no man can reshape the universe by himself. Jon has Makers to build weapons and clerks to handle the business of government--but he also needs Champions to face the powers of chaos which will not listen to any argument but force. Lord Pal of...
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English
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"What unforgivable sin would you commit to save the world? In 2161, the first chimera arose. A year later, twelve billion people were dead. The few who survived called it the Reckoning. Generations later, their descendants hide within the walls of small, rustic villages, cowering from chimeras. They revere tradition. They fear innovation. They mistrust anything that's different. Root couldn't be more different. Curious and irreverent, she disquiets...
18) All that remains
Author
Series
Lone survival volume 1
Publisher
Direct Response Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Landon Gray, a skillful "ferry pilot" who delivers planes to customers has one final drop in Alabama before Christmas. But when an EMP causes the plane he's in to crash on the remote, snow-covered mountains of North Carolina, he's rescued by, Beth 'Bluebird' Sullivan, who claims to have lived off the grid since she was born. Beth brings him back to an isolated cabin to recover while waiting for her father to come back from the nearby town. When he...
19) The road
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
In this postapocalyptic novel, a father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. They sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they...
20) Mazes of power
Author
Series
Broken trust volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The cavern city of Pelismara has stood for a thousand years. The Great Families of the nobility cling to the myths of their golden age while the city's technology wanes. When a fever strikes, and the Eminence dies, seventeen-year-old Tagaret is pushed to represent his Family in the competition for Heir to the Throne. To win would give him the power to rescue his mother from his abusive father, and marry the girl he loves. But the struggle for power...
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