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1) Taken
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Two girls have recently disappeared near the town where Stephanie lives. She is concerned but is sure that it could never happen to her. But then it does. Tied up and alone far from home, she manages to escape her captor and run for her life. But she is in the middle of nowhere, with no food, no shelter and no way home. And worst of all, she has run away before, so she is sure that the police will not take her disappearance seriously. She will need...
2) Creed
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, Dee, her boyfriend Luke and Luke’s brother Mike seek help in the nearby town of Purity Springs. But as they walk the vacant streets, the teens make some disturbing discoveries. The seemingly deserted homes each contain a sinister book with violent instructions on disciplining children. The graveyard is full of unmarked crosses. Worst of all, there’s no way to contact the outside world. When...
3) Death Wind
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Allie’s life has just taken a turn for the worse. Not only do her parents fight all the time, but now she thinks she might be pregnant. She hooks up with her old friend Razz, a professional skateboarder, and goes on the road. Razz is ranked number one, but his rivalry with Slammer is heating up, and Razz and Allie head for home—right into the path of a fierce tornado. To survive in the horror and destruction that follow the storm, Allie has to...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
After his latest conviction for breaking and entering, Cameron is sent to an outdoor program for young offenders rather than a standard juvenile detention facility. There he meets Brianna, a girl who has been caught selling drugs at her school. They bond quickly, and she convinces Cameron to steal two sea kayaks and head off with her into the wilderness just as a hurricane is about to pound the coast.
5) Knifepoint
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Jill took a job which sounded perfect for the summer, guiding tourists on trail rides in the beautiful mountains. She didn't realize that the money was terrible, the hours long and the coworkers insufferable. After a blow-up with her boss, she takes a single man into the mountains for a ride, only to finds that he is a dangerous killer. When Jill fights back and manages to escape, she is in a desperate race to survive and make it to safety.
6) Outback
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Since his girlfriend dumped him, Jayden has been avoiding school—and life in general. When his eccentric uncle Mel invites him to help with his biology research at an Australian university, he figures he has nothing to lose. Unfortunately, this means an expedition into the scorching desert heat of the Australian outback…with the increasingly paranoid Mel and an unfriendly biology student named Natalie. Then disaster strikes…and Jayden and Nat...
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Español
Description
Frances trabaja el turno de noche en una tienda de conveniencia local, dividiendo su tiempo entre los estantes de reposición de existencias y trabajando en su arte. Su rutina se rompe una noche cuando Devin entra en la tienda. Alega que es el hijo de un famoso artista local y ofrece su asesoramiento sobre sus dibujos. Aunque él parece saber demasiado sobre ella, Frances decide, en contra del consejo de su novio, que es raro pero inofensivo. En el...
8) Found
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
A teenage survival expert finds all his skills tested as he’s pursued through the Canadian wilderness by men determined to silence him. On his way to teach at Camp Seven Generations, a Native outdoor school, Nick witnesses a murder and then is thrown off a train. Remembering and using the teachings of his Abenaki elders will prove to be the difference between life and death for him. Although his pursuers have modern technology to help them, Nick...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Kill or be killed is the new normal for Sawyer, Sara, and the survivors of the deadly virus that has all but annihilated the human race. With the death of Sara's father and the disappearance of the strange boy known as Mason, the teens are left reeling, but alongside the enigmatic ex-Marine, Edward, they soon forge an alliance with a collection of young survivors led by the sage and charismatic Kai. Nevertheless, when their new companions begin to...
10) The kill order
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Mark struggles to make sense of his new, post-disaster world in this prequel to The Maze Runner"--
Author
Series
Maximum Ride volume 7
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Heartbroken after her best friend and soul mate, Fang, leaves her flock, Maximum Ride begins to believe the evil scientists trying to convince her she needs to save the world, and that Dylan, the newest member of her flock, is her perfect mate.
14) Contagion
Author
Series
Contagion duology volume 1
Language
English
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Thrills and Chills (Halloween) - YA
If You Like I Survived, Read These!
Science Fiction - YA
Thrills and Chills (Halloween) - YA
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Description
After receiving a distress call from a drill team on a distant planet, a skeleton crew is sent into deep space to perform a standard search-and-rescue mission. When they arrive, they find the planet littered with the remains of the project-including its members' dead bodies. As they try to piece together what could have possibly decimated an entire project, they discover that some things are best left buried-and some monsters are only too ready to...
15) Messenger
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
-- The time for lies is over. The first two books, -- fast-paced “(A) nail-biting “Breathless, cinematic action. “Heart-pounding “Exclamation-worthy. “Take a deep breath before you start any James Dashner book.” —Deseret News
18) Nation
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The sea has taken everything.Thirteen-year-old Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle, Daphne-a girl from the other side of the globe-is the sole survivor of a ship destroyed by the same wave.Together, the two confront the aftermath of catastrophe. And slowly, other refugees arrive-children without parents, mothers without babies, husbands...
Author
Series
Forest of Hands and Teeth trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
There are many things that Annah would like to forget: the look on her sister's face before Annah left her behind in the Forest of Hands and Teeth, her first glimpse of the Horde as they swarmed the Dark City, the sear of the barbed wire that would scar her for life. But most of all, Annah would like to forget the morning Elias left her for the Recruiters. Annah's world stopped that day, and she's been waiting for Elias to come home ever since....
20) The Waking Dark
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
-- The Waking Dark, “This book has the combination of mystery and fright that I love. So many twists and shocks, I nearly jumped out of my chair several times! Trust me—this is a true chiller. Not to be missed!” —R. L. Stine “A thriller dark and beautiful and—yes—achingly romantic at every unexpected twist and turn. Astounding.” —Lauren Myracle, New York Times bestselling author of -- Rotters "Great dialogue and intriguing...
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