[AISLE-Share] Post-Apocalyptic Novel Suggestions

Mon Nov 12 11:49:19 CST 2018

I'd recommend* Life As We Knew It* by Beth Pfeffer...and of course once you
have them hooked on that one, there are 3 sequels. Premis:  The moon is
knocked out of its orbit by a meteor and Earth suffers environmental
consequences. The teen protagonists have to help their families survive the
resulting disintegration of society.

*Empty *by Suzanne Weyn has a good environmental theme: teens are dealing
with a changed world because oil has run out and global warming has lead to
devastating storms that change the planet. But the love triangle seemed
like a distraction...

*Dark Life* by Kat Falls:  Set in an apocalyptic future where rising oceans
have swallowed up entire regions and people live packed like sardines on
the dry land left, DARK LIFE is the harrowing tale of underwater pioneers
who have carved out a life for themselves in the harsh deep-sea
environment, farming the seafloor in exchange for the land deed.

*Ashfall *by Mike Mullin: the supervolcano under Yellowstone erupts.

*Monument 14* by Emmy Laybourne:  Take your everyday apocalyptic story, put
some high school and middle school students and kindergarteners together on
a bus, hurtle them into a giant supermarket, sprinkle a contamination
epidemic, and you get this apocalyptic thriller.

*Michelle Harris*
*Heyworth High School*

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> How about *The Eleventh Plague* by Jeff Hirsch?  SLJ rated if for grades
> 7-10, and the main character is 15.  It reminded me of Cormac McCarthy’s *The
> Road*, but at a teen level.  *Ashes* by Ilsa Bick might be another good
> choice.
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> I’ve heard the author speak, and she claims that everything that happens
> in the book is physically feasible, but I’m not sure I buy that when the
> zombies show up (mostly in book 2).
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> Maybe *The Age of Miracles *by Karen Thompson Walker. Though it's an
> adult book, it's not overly long and has a pre-teen progatonist. We always
> book talk it as a "gentle dystopia". It's also part coming of age story.
> Could work for an honors group.
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> School Library Educators <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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> Good morning!
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> 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!).
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> Thanks for all your help and suggestions in advance!
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> Amy Phillips
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> Riverside Brookfield High School
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