[AISLE-Share] Post-Apocalyptic Novel Suggestions

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A few more of the post-apocalyptic favorites:

   - *Ship Breaker* by Paolo Bacigalupi (scavengers after rising seas have
   wiped out most of land)
   - *Life As We Knew It* by Susan Pfeffer (asteroid knocks the moon closer
   to Earth and causes severe climate change)
   - *Epitaph Road* by David Patneaude (virus wipes out almost all males)


On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 9:42 AM Jeanne Brucher <jbrucher at geneseoschools.org>
wrote:

> 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
>


-- 
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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