[AISLE-Share] Post-Apocalyptic Novel Suggestions

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Here are some favorite post-apocalyptic titles with our freshmen.  I will
say that as much as I like *The Handmaid's Tale*, our high school students
do not enjoy reading it.

   - *Ashfall* by Mike Mullin (super volcano at Yellowstone)
   - *Inhuman *by Kat Falls  (super virus mutates everyone east of
   Mississippi River--starts in Davenport, Iowa and travels across Illinois to
   Chicago)
   - *Orleans* by Sherri L. Smith   (flooding in Louisiana causes
   quarantine for that section of country and social classes become based on
   blood-types)
   - *Dry* by Neal Shusterman (water scarcity in California--just came out
   so will be a bit before available in paperback)


On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 9:35 AM Email list for the Association of Illinois
School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Good morning!
>
> I had a teacher ask me this morning about book choices for lit circles
> with her honors freshman English classes.  The books she came up with were
> *Legend*, *The Handmaid's Tale*, *Shadow and Bone*, and *The City of
> Ember*.  She is trying to have the focus of the study be post-apocalyptic
> novels, and I'm trying to think of some other options for her to think
> about, since *City of Ember* has been reviewed for much younger grades
> and *Handmaid's Tale* might be too much for freshman (if you have
> experience with either of these choices in freshman classes please let me
> know how it went!).
>
> Thanks for all your help and suggestions in advance!
> Amy Phillips
> Riverside Brookfield High School
> Library Media Specialist
> aebromberg at gmail.com
> phillipsa at rbhs208.net
> 847-722-6169
>
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-- 
Jeanne Brucher
Librarian, Teaching and Learning Team Co-Leader
GMS Student Council Advisor, GHS Speech Team Advisor
jbrucher at geneseoschools.org
Geneseo Middle School (309) 945-0524
Geneseo High School (309) 945-0316

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