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62) Nil
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Nil volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
On the mysterious island of Nil, you have one year to escape or you die. Seventeen-year-old Charley wakes up on Nil with no memory of how she got there or what to do next. She meets and falls for Thad, the leader of a group of teen refugees. But with Thad's time on the island quickly running out, Charley realizes she must help him escape if they want any future together.
63) Robinson, Crusoe
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"Widely acknowledged as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's adventure story of a shipwrecked sailor became an instant classic upon its publication in 1719 and the yardstick for countless castaway narratives to follow." "Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, finds himself marooned on a desert island after the rest of his shipmates drown in a terrible wreck. He survives on the island for nearly three decades, domesticating livestock, cultivating plants,...
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As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, and even a vision of the apocalypse. But above all, it has earned its place as one of...
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Rule of three trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Sixteen-year-old Adam Daley's suburban neighborhood bands together for its own survival in a world stricken by a catastrophic blackout.
66) The hunted
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Enemy series (Charlie Higson) volume 6
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The others told Ella that the countryside would be safer than the city. They were wrong. Now Ed wants to assemble a crew and find her, though he has no idea who - or what - they'll meet out there. Or if Ella is even alive...But the sickos are moving as one towards the capital as if being called - and will kill anyone who stands in their way.
67) The Fallen
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Enemy series (Charlie Higson) volume 5
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"First the sickness rotted the adults' minds. Then their bodies. Now they stalk the streets of London, hunting human flesh. The Holloway crew are survivors. They've fought their way across the city and made it to the Natural History Museum alive--just barely. But their fight will never end while the Enemy lives, unless there's another way... The kids at the museum are looking for a cure. All they need are medical supplies.To get them they must venture...
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Bear Grylls adventures volume 5
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Jack is up for anything... as long as he doesn't have to get wet. No one knows about his fear of water, and he's determined to keep it a secret. But then he slips into a shallow stream and is pulled out of a deep, fast-flowing river gorge by Bear Grylls. They work together to build a bamboo raft, navigate the whitewater rapids and steer clear of hidden dangers... Can Jack rise to the challenge of being thrown in at the deep end? Will he sink or swim?...
69) Lost at sea
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Pub. Date
2002
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A brother and sister recount their harrowing experiences as they sail a small yacht across the Atlantic Ocean, after their mentally unstable mother's boyfriend is washed overboard.
71) Storm thief
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Pub. Date
c2006
Description
With the help of a golem, two teenaged thieves try to survive on the city island of Orokos, where unpredictable probability storms continually change both the landscape and the inhabitants.
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Hunger Games trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
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"In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward...
74) A world below
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Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Mr. Baker's eighth grade class thought they were in for a normal field trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, but their journey takes a terrifying turn when an earthquake hits and the students are plunged into a frigid underground lake, forcing them to fight for survival and find their way back above ground.
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Storm runners volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
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After barely surviving a terrifying hurricane, Chase and his friends Nicole and Rashawn have made it to the safety of Nicole's family farm, which is also the winter home of the Rossi Brothers Circus, where flood waters are rising and dangerous circus animals are on the loose.
76) Sweet
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Pub. Date
2015.
Description
While on a cruise with her best friend Vivika, seventeen-year-old Laura falls for former child star Tom Forelli and becomes caught up in a frightening turn of events triggered by a new artificial sweetener with horrifying side effects.
77) Dark inside
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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After tremendous earthquakes destroy the Earth's major cities, an ancient evil emerges, turning ordinary people into hunters, killers, and insane monsters, but a small group of teens comes together in a fight for survival and safety.
78) The prey
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The hunt trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Gene and the remaining humans flee the predators that chase them at night. One of these is Ashley June, the girl he left behind. When the group joins a band of humans living in the mountains, they face a new danger. As enemies push Gene and Sissy closer, Gene makes a critical discovery.
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Skylark trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Lark Ainsley has yearned to become an adult by having her magical energy harvested, but when she is finally chosen a special talent is revealed and, rather than become a human battery powering the dome that protects humanity, she escapes hoping to find the Iron Wood, a wilderness rumored to be inhabited by others like herself.