I'm still on my dystopic literature binge and this weekend I was out scrounging around looking for possibilities. Here's some upcoming and recently-new books that fit the bill. Let me know if you've read any of these --via ARCs-- and whether their worth a spin.
THE LONERSQuaranteen, volume 1
By Lex Thomas
Kids are quarantined in a school. Lord of the Flies motif. Gore-xtravaganza. I'm on it.
- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: EgmontUSA (July 10, 2012)
THIS IS NOT A TESTBy Courtney Summers
Intriguing concept where a girl's suicide is interrupted by a zombie apocalypse.
- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (June 19, 2012)
NO SAFETY IN NUMBERSBy Dayna Lorentz
Maybe/sorta a dystopia in the sense that LORD OF THE FLIES is dystopic. A device goes off in a Mall and teens are forced to struggle for survival.
- Hardcover: 263 pages
- Publisher: Dial (May 29, 2012)
THE LOST CODE(The Atlanteans, Book 1)
By Kevin Emerson
This one sounds like it is more for middle-graders than YA loving adults. Global warming leaves the hero looking to unlock the code of his genes to save the day. Hmmm.
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (May 22, 2012)
INFINITYFrom the "Numbers" series, volume 3
By Rachel Ward
Link to Book#1 NUMBERS
Continuation of the Numbers series. I must amidst that this one has slid by me. It seems to be getting pretty good ratings though.
- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: The Chicken House (May 1, 2012)
THE DROWNED CITIESBy Paolo Bacigalupi
Kirkus describes this book as "breathtaking". It's a continuation of Bacigalupi's SHIPBREAKER story. In this book Mahlia and Tool head into the Drowned Cities. Gritty and grim.
- Hardcover: 448 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (May 1, 2012)
MASQUE OF THE RED DEATHBy Bethany Griffin
It's disease that has cut short world population in this one. But survivors aren't left struggling so much in this book as partying to forget. Certainly that's what Araby is doing, a slow descent into personal collapse and decay. Question is, will she find something worth fighting for.?
Word Count: 71,681
Page Count: 336
Accelerated Reading level: 4.5 / points: 10.0
AR quiz: 151045
- Publisher: Greenwillow Books; 1 edition (April 24, 2012)
Pam T
Somewhere in the X-burbs
2 comments :
Thanks for the post. Love YA. Love dystopias.
Also wanted to say that if you do Netgalley they have LONER there.
Betts :]
Thanks for the heads-up. I found the book on Netgalley. What a treat!
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