After a plane crash leaves a group of adolescent boys stranded on a deserted island, they must figure out how to survive. Their initial methods are civilized and orderly, but as the struggle for power takes over, a man’s darkest parts are revealed. With the added obstacles of a terrifying monster and lost hope, will the boys survive?
When a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys from Britain is shot down, Ralph and the rest of the boys take refuge on an abandon island. During the war, a break from everyone seems nice, and the boys quickly build a shelter and thrive on their new island home. Although everything seems right at first, it’s not long until being cut off from civilization leads some of the boys to turn feral and separate into groups, preparing for war of their own.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is a post-apocalyptic novel that intertwines the lives of several characters before, during and after a flu pandemic wipes out most of the world's population. The story centers on a traveling theater troupe that performs Shakespearean plays for the scattered survivors. Exploring themes of art, memory and the importance of human connections in a world where civilization has collapsed.
In The Darkest Minds, we meet a sixteen year old Ruby Daly, who is lives in a world where the only children still alive after the disease, are teenagers with uncontrollable, and some times dangerous abilities. She and other kids plagued with this curse were sent to abusive “rehabilitation camps” put together by the government to separate them from society.
Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys that get stuck on an island. They try to make rules and pick leaders, but they can't seem to maintain that structure. They start turning on each other and turning into savages. It shows how kids act when there's no grown-ups around and how people change when they are away from civilization.
What happened to make the murderous President Snow so terrible? Or who? This is the story of the tenth Hunger Games, where Coriolanus Snow is just an 18-year-old boy trying to make a life in the Capital. Where Coriolanus Snow seemed to have a heart. This year the game is a bit different, as they are allowing mentors. It seems like the odds are against Snow as he gets paired up with a girl from District 12, Lucy Gray.
The city of Ilvernath has a tragic curse, and an even more horrific history. Every 20 years when the Blood Moon rises, the 7 families of Ilvernath must send their children to compete for high magick. High magick is the world’s most treacherous and powerful resource, thought to be long gone. However, this year’s tournament is very different from the ones of the past. It is now brought under international attention due to the publication of an unknown book. This book tells of all the families’ strengths, weaknesses and the story of the curse.
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld is the sequel to the book Uglies, and the second book in the trilogy. This book is about how Tally finally accomplishes her dream of becoming pretty, and the adventure of when she remembers some things the government deliberately programed her not to. Tally goes on a mission to find out why she remembered this and what she is to do with this memory.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld takes place in a dystopian society that is 300 hundred years in the future, where Ugly people (Uglies) and pretty people (Pretties) live in separate towns. From ages 0-10, kids are called littles and live with their parents in a separate city for middle-aged people with kids. From 10 to 15, teens are called “Uglies” as this is the stage when they grow, and in their society's opinion, become ugly. Uglies live in Ugly Town, where the story starts.
Anthem is an intriguing story that supports the idea of individualism. This story takes you through the life of a rebellious character living in a dystopian future society. This society is restricted and limited to an uncountable list of laws and regulations. Upon seeing how free they could truly be and what the world was actually like, the character felt a sense of happiness and joy, but also betrayal as they had been lied to.
