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5) Drought
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A nationwide drought causes the taps to run dry and ex-marine and social worker Martin Makepeace must take drastic action to protect his family, while corrupt politicians try to use the drought to their advantage.
Author
Series
World made by hand volume 4
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The residents of Union Grove, New York, struggle to get through early spring after a local tycoon halts the Hudson River trade route.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"As if Annie Dillard walked into THE WORLD WITHOUT US: a beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence Some of the only truly feral cattle in the world wander a long-abandoned island off the northernmost tip of Scotland. A variety of wildlife not seen in many lifetimes has rebounded on the irradiated grounds of Chernobyl. A lush forest supports thousands of species that are extinct or endangered everywhere...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
2072. Soon a volcanic eruption will trigger catastrophic devastation. Production of a space fleet is meant to save humankind, and the children of engineers and scientists are touring the Lazarus, a high-tech prototype spaceship. When the apocalypse arrives ahead of schedule, First Daughter Leigh Chen and a handful of teens from the tour are the only ones to escape the planet. The starship is loaded with a catalog of human artifacts, a frozen menagerie...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In March 2011 the worlds second-largest nuclear disaster occurred on the eastern coast of Japan. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake caused a nearly 50-foot tsunami that flooded the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The devastating tidal wave caused equipment failures that led the nuclear reactors to overheat to the point of meltdown. Dangerous radioactive materials released into the air continue to threaten the health of the ocean and people around the world...
11) Tigerman
Author
Publisher
Vintage Contemporaries
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Sergeant Lester Ferris is a good man in need of a rest. The former British colony of Mancreau is the ideal place for him to serve out his time: a backwater island in legal limbo. Although there is an illicit Black Fleet lurking in the bay, Lester's brief is to sit tight and turn a blind eye. But when Mancreu's fragile society erupts in violence, Lester has to become more than just an observer... --Provided by publisher.
12) Little monarchs
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In the twenty-second century, a sun shift has made it impossible for mammals to survive in the daylight, and ten-year-old Elvie and her caretaker, Flora, are studying the migration route of monarch butterflies along what used to be the western coast of the United States, hoping that something in the butterflies wing scales can be used to protect people from the sun and save humanity from extinction.
13) Chernobyl
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Early readers will learn about the science behind the Chernobyl disaster through carefully leveled text and photo illustrations. Includes glossary and index."--
Author
Series
Earthseed volume 1
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and economic crises that lead to social chaos. Lauren Olamina, a preacher's daughter living in Los Angeles, is protected from danger by the walls of her gated community. However, in a night of fire and death, what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: a startling vision of human destiny . . . and the birth of a new faith.
16) Escaping Eleven
Author
Series
Eleven Trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Entangled Teen, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Four generations ago, the Earth was rendered uninhabitable and those who remained were forced underground. In Compound Eleven, the hierarachy of floors is everything and on Eve Hamilton's floor, they fight. When she meets a boy from the top floor, Eve is no longer content to just survive, she is ready to fight for freedom.
Author
Series
MaddAddam trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When a natural disaster predicted by God's Gardeners leader Adam One obliterates most human life, two survivors trapped inside respective establishments that metaphorically represent paradise and hell wonder if any of their loved ones have survived.
18) Scorched earth
Publisher
Cinedigm Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The planet suffered an environmental collapse. The air became dangerous to breathe, the water became toxic, and billions of people died. Generations later humankind has finally re-established a rudimentary society, in which bounty hunters roam the land in search of wanted eco-criminals. Bounty hunter Attica Gage has a chance at the bounty of a lifetime: bringing down the ruthless outlaw, Thomas Jackson.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever measured in Japan occurred off the northeast coast. It triggered a tsunami with a wall of water 128 feet high. The tsunami damaged the nuclear power plant in Fukushima triggering the nightmare scenario--a nuclear meltdown. For six days, employees at the plant worked to contain the meltdown and disaster workers scoured the surrounding flooded area for survivors. This book examines the science behind such...
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