In The One by Kiera Cass, only four girls remain in The Selection. The competition must soon come to an end, as tensions between Illea and the neighboring rebels intensify. Maxon has a difficult time choosing between two girls, and America must decide whether she wants to really be a princess in the end.
In The Selection by Kiera Cass, a sixteen year old girl named America Singer lives in a dystopian United States. After going through a tragic war, the US emerged as the new nation of Illea, in which the caste system was enforced to keep order. America and her family are low in the system and struggle to live fulfilling lives. The Selection, in which 35 girls are chosen from the nation to compete for the prince’s hand, is right around the corner.
Farway McCarthy knows he is destined to be a time traveler, after all, he was born outside of time. But when fails his final exam, Far doesn’t know what else he will do with his life. Gathering up his friends, he gets the chance to time travel, even if it may be illegal. His crew gets tangled with a time altering event and have to find a way to save time and themselves.
This novel is an extremely well-written and creative dystopian novel that centers around a character named Rose. In Rose’s world climate change has completely changed everyone’s way of life. There are lots of wildfires & hurricanes causing life for people a bit hard. Rose finds a job in this world to be what they call a “Bloom”. A bloom is there to serve men & entertain them. She becomes a bloom in a place called Camp Zero which is where an architect is trying to build something that would create a new life for others in their messed-up world.
The book's name is We Are The Ants. This book was written by Shaun David Hutchinson and was published in 2016. This book is about a teenage boy who is commonly kidnapped by aliens. One day he is presented with a button where if he presses it then the world will be saved but if he does not press it then the world will end.
“I think there’s a natural goodness built into human beings. You know when you’ve stepped across the line into evil, and it’s your life’s challenge to try and stay on the right side of that line.”
*Spoiler alert if you haven’t read the other two books in this series*
I decided to start reading this series after seeing the trailer for the movie that came out that was based on the first book in this series. I’m glad that I did, as I really enjoyed this book! It’s set in a dystopian setting where a mutation has broken out in the US, causing both younger and older children to either die or gain special powers. The government deems those with powers as dangerous and makes parents send the children to “rehabilitation camps” that are supposed to “train” the kids and make sure the kids aren’t dangerous.
Written by famed science fiction writer, Parable of the Sower is a poignant and striking
coming of age story. Depicting a semi apocalyptic California, the novel tells the story of teenager
Laurern Olamina. Lauren has a condition that causes her to feel other people’s pain. Growing up
in a walled-in community where neighbors must rely on each other to stay safe, she develops a
different mindset to her peers. She believes in Earthseed, a religion she has created with the