Science Fiction: Cherry Heaven

History is repeating itself. Kat and Tanka have moved with their foster parents to the New Frontier. They're leaving the old cities behind, along with the DNA race riots, violence and discrimination that haunted their childhoods.

But is the New Frontier so different? Kat and Tanka are priveleged Atsumisi, and their experiences are contrasted with those of Luka, a Galrezi worker.

Luka wasn't always Galrezi. Ten years ago, she was just a child, living in the family orchard at Cherry Heaven: the very place Kat and Tanka are living now. Luka has escaped from slavery in the factory, and she's out to right some wrongs. Whose side will Kat and Tanka be on when their priveleged positions and their home are at stake?

This books is the companion novel to the equally thought provoking Diary of Pelly D. Both books, by L.J. Adlington, are disturbing in their portrayal of racism in the future.

Science Fiction

Grades 8-12

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Thriller: Streams of Babel

When Cora's mother dies, she assumes that her mother finally overdosed on the painkillers she'd been taking for years. So she's shocked to learn that her mother AND a neighbour both died of a brain aneurysm on the same night. When Cora and other neighbourhood teens become ill with a mysterious flu, and government agents arrive in her small town, they all fear the unthinkable - a terrorist attack.

Meanwhile, a world away in Pakistan, a sixteen year old computer genius named Shahzad is working as a virtual spy. He's alarmend to see an influx of chatter about a substance called Red Vinegar that will, as he reads, "lead to many deaths in Colony One". Can Shahzad sift through the babble of the chat rooms, and find the location of the attack in time?

Thriller

Grades 10-12

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Rumors: A Luxe Novel

If you like the Clique, A List or Gossip Girls books, you will love diving into the mystery, romance and betrayal of the Luxe novels.

This decadent series is set in the 19th century, and follows the lives of New York's most eligible debutantes and socialites. The soap opera scenes are played out in opulent settings where the very rich (and their servants, of course) scheme and vie for power and love.

This book is the second in the Luxe series; it follows the events of the first book with more of the same gossip, scandals and secrets. Pick up either of these hefty novels, sit back, and enjoy the read!

Historical Fiction/Romance

Grades 10-12 and up

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