“When they come and get you… you don’t never come back.” Title: Sweet Tooth: In Captivity Written by Jeff Lemire Genre: Apocalypse, Dystopia, Comics, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Vertigo Publication Date: December 2010 Paperback: 144 pages…
Dystopia
Over at Kirkus, Thea talks about what to read when you’re tired of The Walking Dead. It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn, and she takes a dark, post-apocalyptic turn with a graphic…
Title: In A Handful of Dust Author: Mindy McGinnis Genre: Post-Apocalypse, Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication Date: September 2014 Hardcover: 384 pages The only thing bigger than the world is fear. Lucyβs life by…
Title: Night Witches Author: L.J. Adlington Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Hodder Children’s Books Publication Date: September 2013 Paperback: 336 Pages A supernatural thriller-romance set in an all-girl teenage bomber-pilot regiment, combining witchcraft and legend. TWO NATIONS AT WAR.…
Title: In the End Author: Demitria Lunetta Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: June 2014 Hardcover: 448 Pages The thrilling conclusion to In the After, the survival story of Amy and Baby, set in…
Title: Graduation Day Author: Joelle Charbonneau Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Publication Date: June 2014 Hardcover: 304 Pages In book three of the Testing series, the United Commonwealth wants to eliminate the…
Itβs Friday which means that we are over at Kirkus! Thea reviews a very highly anticipated book today: The Bees by Laline Paull. (Isn’t that the best cover image?! LOVE IT.) Imaginative, fascinating, utterly memorable. In other words, THEA…
Weβre thrilled to host a stop on the blog tour for the release of The Murder Complex, a brand new YA dystopian speculative fiction novel by author Lindsay Cummings – and to give away a copy of the book!…
Title: Horizon Author: Jenn Reese Genre: Dystopia, Middle Grade, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: April 2014 Hardcover: 400 Pages In this third and final adventure in the Above World series, Aluna and her friends finally face their…
Title: Plus One Author: Elizabeth Fama Genre: Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Girroux Publication Date: April 2014 Ebook: 373 Pages It takes guts to deliberately mutilate your hand while operating a blister-pack sealing machine, but…