Visit Bart’s blog for all the details. From October 1st – December 19th I’ll be reading as many dystopian books as I can. I’ll be participating at Level 3 which means I have to read at least five (5) young adult dystopian novels during that time. Bart doesn’t require us to post our lists in [Keep Reading]
Set in a future dealing with the ramifications of global warming, Nailer and the others living in his Gulf Coast community fight for survival working for salvage companies pulling copper wire from grounded oil tankers. If you don’t work, you don’t eat and for Nailer the responsibility for his safety rests on his own shoulders. [Keep Reading]
Imagine a world where there are only women and men are considered criminals. On an island called Foundland, Keller is a teenager training to be a Tracker. Trackers are expert archers and equestrians and meant to protect the shores of their island from the enemy – men. Foundland is run by a group of powerful [Keep Reading]
Benny just turned fifteen. In his world that means he must find a job in order to continue receiving his rations. The problem is, Benny can’t find a job he likes. He and his best friend, Chong, waited too long to get one and all the easy jobs are gone. What’s left aren’t very appealing. [Keep Reading]
First published – 1998 This 6th installment of The Tomorrow Series finds Ellie and her friends hiding out, once again, in Hell. After their daring and devasting blow to the enemy in Book 5, they know laying low is the only way they will be able to survive. The enemy is out for blood. Two new [Keep Reading]
First published in 1997 Stranded in their home country of Australia, Ellie, Homer, Lee, Kevin, and Fi struggle to find a way to make a difference in the war. With no sign of the Kiwi soldiers, they know they are on their own once again. With security tightening around the area, it is more difficult [Keep Reading]
First published 1996 If you haven’t read the other books in the series, BEWARE. There will be spoilers in this review. As the story begins, Ellie and her friends, Lee, Homer, Kevin, and Fi, are enjoying a little R & R in New Zealand. After receiving some much needed medical treatment, they get to enjoy [Keep Reading]
First Published in 1995 Let me start out by saying, please please please read the other two books in the series before you pick up this one. THE KILLING FROST, also called The Third Day, The Frost in some places, is the third book in the Tomorrow Series. Ellie and her friends are in much [Keep Reading]
Candlewick – November 10, 2009 WINTER’S END is advertised as “a gripping dystopian novel.” Sadly, it didn’t live up to the hype. Four teenagers, two boys and two girls, live in strictly-run boarding schools in a unspecified time period in a world under intense governmental control. After the boys and girls meet (by accident) their lives become [Keep Reading]
First Published in 1994 THE DEAD OF NIGHT is the second book in the amazing Tomorrow Series. It picks up where TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN ends and is just as exciting! Ellie and her friends continue to battle against unknown invaders. They are forced to act like a military force without any of the [Keep Reading]
