The 5th Wave

By Rick Yancey

Category: Young Adult (11+)

Life for Cassie Sullivan turns upside down when The Others come to invade earth. They do so in coordinated attacks called waves. The first wave—no more electricity. No more working cars, airplanes, phones, computers, etc. The second wave—destruction. Tsunamis destroy all the cities on the coast. The third wave—plague. This airborne illness is spread by birds, and people experienced cold-like symptoms in the first few days, but then, the symptoms become much worse. Cassie’s mother died from the plague. There were some people, although many few, who were able to fight off the virus and recover. The fourth wave–invasion. The Others began appearing amongst humans. They looked like ordinary people but are sent to kill any remaining survivors. The fifth wave is next, and survivors like Cassie will need to prepare with all they’ve got.

I am Number Four

By Pittacus Lore

Category: Young Adult (11+)

Four has been running all his life. New city, new identity. He and his Cepan, Henri, aren’t actually humans, though. They are aliens from the Planet Lorien. Although, they are just like humans, but Four is one of the special Garde who are sent to Earth to save Lorien. The nine of them are bound together by a charm. They have to be killed in number order. This charm is meant to protect them against the Mogadorians, who are the evil aliens who want to take over Earth. The first three have already been killed and Four knows that from the three scars on his ankle. He’s next.  He has developed legacies that give him super-human powers. But after he is exposed saving someone using one of his legacies, the Mogadorians start on his trail. Will he be able to run again, or is it finally time to fight?

Cinder

By Marissa Meyer

Category: Young Adult (11+)

Have you ever thought of what the future might look like? Cinder is a fictional novel by Marissa Meyer, and the first book in the Lunar Chronicles series. This book follows the life of a girl named Linh Cinder, a gifted mechanic living in the future New Beijing, Eastern Commonwealth, who happens to be a  cyborg. When her step-sister—her best friend, dies of the plague, her step-mother, angered, sends her in for testing. There, the doctors discover something alarming, something that could destroy Queen Levana, the tyrant ruler of the Lunars, who live on the moon and have the power of illusion. Luna and The Eastern Commonwealth have been at war for ages, and Levana has made it clear that unless she gains complete power of Earth by marrying Prince Kai, the war will see no end. So, Cinder, intertwined with an intergalactic struggle, tries everything she can to dethrone the evil queen, even if it means going to the ball that she never dreamt of attending. This book is full of suspense and revelations that keep you reading till the end. Cinder has won the Truman Readers Award, ABC New Voices Title, and many more awards.  Find out what happens to Cinder, and if Queen Levana is defeated, in Cinder By Marissa Meyer.

 Life As We Knew It

By Susan Beth Pfeffer

Category: Young Adult (11+)

Category: Young Adult (11+)

High school sophomore Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like “one marble hits another.” The result is catastrophic. How can her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis are wiping out the coasts, earthquakes are rocking the continents, and volcanic ash is blocking out the sun? As August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove.Told in a year’s worth of journal entries, this heart-pounding story chronicles Miranda’s struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all—hope—in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world. An extraordinary series debut! —Amazon

Stranger With My Face

By Lois Duncan

Category: Young Adult

Laurie Stratton finally has everything a sixteen-year-old could ever want. But just as her perfect summer comes to a close, things start to unravel when her boyfriend insists he saw her out with another guy-when Laurie was really home sick! More mysterious sightings convince Laurie someone very real is out there, watching her. . . .

The truth reveals a long-lost sister who has spent the years growing bitter and dangerous. She has learned how to haunt Laurie, but the visits soon become perilous. She wants something from Laurie-her life!—Amazon