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Ship BreakerBacigalupi, Paolo
Ship Breaker
In a post-apocalyptic future his crew starts to call Nailer “Lucky Boy” after he survives a brush with death while stripping copper wire from one of the many abandoned tanker ships. But it’s hard to feel lucky when the world has flooded and disease, drugs and poverty run rampant.

The Looking Glass WarsBeddor, Frank
The Looking Glass Wars
Lewis Carroll got it wrong. It’s not Alice, it’s Alyss. And the only reason she’s in Victorian England and not Wonderland is because her aunt Redd is trying to take off her head like she did Alyss’s parents. With the help of her royal bodyguard Hatter Madigan Alyss must confront her evil aunt.

The Warrior HeirChima, Cinda Williams
The Warrior Heir
16 year old Jack thought his daily medicine was keeping him alive but when he misses a dose he feels stronger than he ever has before. It hasn’t been keeping him alive; it’s been keeping him weak so that the Wizards wouldn’t know he was a Warrior.

AirmanColfer, Eoin
Airman
It’s 1890 and Connor is imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, forced to work diamond mines, fight off other prisoners and try to survive. He’s left with a lot of time to think about just two things: escape and revenge.

DeadlineCrutcher, Chris
Deadline
Ben has one year to live. Rather than wallow in self-pity (or tell anyone he’s dying) he opts to go out for the football team, talk to a hot girl, aggravate teachers and live like he’s got nothing to lose.

An Abundance of KatherinesGreen, John
An Abundance of Katherines
Colin only dates girls named Katherine and Colin gets dumped by all nineteen of them. Being a math genius he tries to create a theorem based on his nineteen failed relationships that will predict the longevity of every relationship all while on a road trip with his best friend and ten thousand in cash.

I Hunt KillersLyga, Barry
I Hunt Killers
Parents pass on the wisdom of their years and experience to their children. Jazz’s father was no different in that regard. He taught Jazz all he knew about being a successful serial killer.

The Knife of Never Letting GoNess, Patrick
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Because of the germ Todd can hear the thoughts of the other men and animals. They all can. As the youngest in the village Todd barely remembers the time before the germ killed all the women. He flees when he meets a girl and is forced to question everything he knows about the past.

LeviathanWesterfeld, Scott
Leviathan
In this Steampunk retelling of the start of World War I the German Clankers and the British Darwinists face off: machines versus genetically fabricated animals.

MaliceWooding, Chris
Malice
Rumor has it that the characters in the underground comic Malice are real people taken from this world by Tall Jake. But don’t worry, he only comes if you call.

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