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CHILDREN'S

Released: Nov. 6, 2007

UNWIND

by Neal Shusterman

"As with classics such as 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, one can only hope that this vision of the future never becomes reality. (Science fiction. YA)"

Shusterman's Everlost (2006) dealt with death and children with a sense of innocence, redemption and even humor. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Oct. 1, 2007

THE SHADOW SPEAKER

by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu

"Moreover, the intricacy of this Western African milieu, with its multitude of shades of Islam, its contemporary and fantasy tribes and its geographical variations, is very welcome in the still mostly Eurocentric genre of fantasy. (Fantasy. 11-13)"

Ejii Ugabe, nervous and subservient, is an unlikely heroine in her semi-magical world. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: Oct. 1, 2006

LIFE AS WE KNEW IT

by Susan Beth Pfeffer

"Plausible science fiction with a frighteningly realistic reminder of recent tragedies here and abroad. (Fiction. YA)"

Sixteen-year-old Miranda begins a daily ten-month diary documenting the survival ordeal her rural Pennsylvania family endures when a large meteor's collision with the moon brings on destruction of the modern world and all its technological conveniences. Read full book review >

CHILDREN'S

Released: March 31, 2001

MEMORY BOY

by Will Weaver

"An absorbing tale set against a disturbing, plausibly developed background. (Fiction. 10-13)"

A suburban family flees the breakdown of law and order following a massive natural disaster in this tense near-future tale. Read full book review >

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