Tag Archives: future dystopia

“Rot & Ruin”

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

     Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry Benny Imura thinks his older half-brother, Tom, is a coward. After all, on First Night, the night when zombies began to reanimate—about 6 billion of them, actually—Tom, who was a young man, grabbed … Continue reading →

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“Delirium”

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Delirium by Lauren Oliver  amor deliria nervosa It’s what Romeo and Juliet had—that infectious disease that often hits first during the teens and causes people to do crazy things to be with someone. Not sleep, not eat, run away—the list … Continue reading →

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Adult books for teens: “When She Woke”

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Victoria Waddle

Adult books for teens: When She Woke by Hillary Jordan  In a future United States, a scourge has caused pandemic infertility. Abortion is against the law, and when Hannah Payne is caught, she is imprisoned in the “Chrome Ward” where … Continue reading →

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“The Hunger Games” and “The Maze Runner”

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Victoria Waddle

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Maze Runner by James Dashner I’m curious about why so many YA books—popular ones anyway—are about dystopias, lousy futures worlds where everything is wrong, the opposite of utopias. In the YA … Continue reading →

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The Road

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Victoria Waddle

  One of the comments you’d never see in a professional book review is “The book is graphic enough to appeal to high school guys.”  I hate to admit it, but this is something I think about when I’m reading. … Continue reading →

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