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How To Pack For The End Of The World Author: Michelle Falkoff Publisher: Harper Teen
Amina is obsessed with reading about impending disasters that will befall mankind and end the world as we know it. She suffers from nightmares and is constantly anxious about all the things that could go wrong. When she starts school at the prestigious Gardner Academy, she finds a group of like-minded people who challenge themselves with survival-based games and simulations. When the world ends, they are determined that they will be able to make it through alive. But what will their new life be like if everyone they love is dead?
The Way Back
Author: Gavriel Savit Publisher: Knopf Books (For young readers)
The Far Country is a place that the demons call their own. When the Angel of Death gets to work, the souls of the transient dead are set adrift here. One night, two young people are sent to the Far Country and they aren’t too happy about it. Bluma has stolen something from Death and Yehuda is trying to retrieve something that belongs to him. Together they will declare war on Death, make pacts with ancient demons and just perhaps find a way to make it back alive.
Winter, White and Wicked
Author: Shannon Dittemore Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Sylvi is a long-haul trucker who finds comfort in the solitude of the roads and Winter, an icy spirit who has been by her side since she was a child. Raised on the lonely island of Kerce, she is twice-orphaned and dislikes people asking about it. When Lenore, her best friend, runs away with a group of rebels, Sylvi must work together with the infamous smuggler Mars and travel across the land to save her friend. And with him there is a giant warrior woman and a boy with skin like stone. Sylvi doesn’t like company, but it looks like it is going to get crowded on the road.
Bright Shining World
Author: Josh Swiller Publisher: Knopf Books (For young readers)
Wallace has moved all over the country because of his father’s job. His father works at various nuclear plants and they hardly ever stay longer than a year in one place, before packing up and leaving for the next destination. But there is something different about this new town they are living in – an outbreak of hysterics has occurred at the high school Wallace is attending, too many people seem to have taken an instant dislike to Wallace and the trees have started talking to people.
The Forests Of Ghosts And Bones
Author: Lisa Lueddecke Publisher: Scholastic
When it rains, no one in Marcosza survives the downpour. The only person who can walk in the rain unscathed is Beata, and she doesn’t know why. When her brother is taken by the rain, Beata and her friend Benedek must find out the secret behind her powers. It is the only way to rescue her brother. But there are things that stand in their way, including a mysterious girl named Liljana, who has hidden powers of her own.
Against the backdrop of a haunted castle and a dangerous forest, the two friends must battle all that stand in their way and overcome their fear of the unknown.