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Category Archives: Dystopia
The enchanted world
Another category for the 2015 Reading Challenge is *a book set in the future*, for which I chose a book that has long been sitting on my shelf: Sylvia Louise Engdahl’s Enchantress from the Stars (1970), a Newbery Honor Book. My … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 Reading Challenge, Adventure, Dystopia, Science fiction, Utopia
Tagged Lois Lowry, Sylvia Louise Engdahl
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Hopkins takes a back seat
Life as We Knew It (2006), Susan Beth Pfeffer Late in 2011, on a previous blog, I reviewed an obscure sci-fi book by RC Sheriff about a cataclysmic disaster involving an asteroid, the moon, and our earth. In fact, I … Continue reading
And you thought THIS winter was bad
Snow stained black from city air is piled high on streets and sidewalks, leaving wide puddles at crosswalks as it melts. This has been quite a winter — twice the average total snowfall — and more is expected next week. … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopia, Science fiction, YA Lit
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