Life As We Knew It
Through journal entries, sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 132
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: natural disasters, family [X], diaries, family life, science fiction [X], diary fiction, teenage girls, families [X]
This World We Live In
Miranda Evans, her two brothers, and their mother struggle for survival a year after the moon's collision with a meteor altered the climate forever, and while things become more difficult with the arrival of six more people, including her father and stepmother, a new disaster threatens to derail the new lives they have been trying to build.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 65
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: survival skills, families [X], survival, family life, diaries, science fiction [X], survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, family [X], castaways, diary fiction, science fiction
Divergent
Beatrice Pryor lives in a dystopian Chicago, which is divided into five factions devoted to different virtues.
FIC
year: 2120
copies: 363
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: identity, families [X], courage, social classes, identity (psychology), science fiction [X], family [X], dystopias, chicago (ill.), electronic books, family life, identity (philosophical concept), science fiction, individuality, dystopian fiction
Insurgent
Tris and Four are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine, the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 209
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: identity (psychology), families [X], courage, social classes, identity, family life, science fiction [X], individuality, family [X], science fiction
The Journal Of Curious Letters
Thirteen-year-old Atticus "Tick" Higginbottom begins receiving mysterious letters from around the world signed only "M.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: space and time, good and evil, letters, families [X], washington (state), family [X], science fiction [X]
Bad Island
When Reese is forced to go on a boating trip with his family, the last thing he expects is to be shipwrecked on an island--especially one teeming with weird plants and animals.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 60
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 340
subjects: family life, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, islands, science fiction graphic novels, adventure graphic novels, shipwreck survival, adventure and adventurers, science fiction [X], cartoons and comics, adventure fiction, adventure stories, survival, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, family [X], families [X], castaways, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, adventure fiction, graphic novels, fantasy comic books, strips, etc, ocean travel, vacations, fantasy graphic novels