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小蘑菇 by 一十四洲
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn Zhe was a mushroom whose lifelong mission was to raise his own spore.One day, he lost his spore.He searched all over the world for a long time before finally seeing a familiar spore on the news.An Zhe desperately knocked on the door of a colonel in the human military.“Hello, Sir. Did your research turn out well? Can I have my son back after the research?”The colonel looked cold... -
The Program by Suzanne Young
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn Sloane’s world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program.Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive... -
The Marriage Act by John Marrs
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills — the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single... -
Slated by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsA riveting psychological thrillerKYLA HAS BEEN SLATED - her memory erased, her personality wiped blank. This is the government's way of dealing with teen terrorists: give them a fresh start as a new person. They teach Kyla how to walk and talk again, give her a new identity and a new family, and tell her to be grateful for this second chance... -
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The Treatment by Suzanne Young
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCan Sloane and James survive the lies and secrets surrounding them, or will The Program claim them in the end? Find out in this sequel to The Program, which Publishers Weekly called “chilling and suspenseful.”How do you stop an epidemic?Sloane and James are on the run after barely surviving the suicide epidemic and The Program. But they’re not out of danger... -
The Clearing by Shalini Boland
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the ravaged future, children are disappearing.Riley lives safely behind her Perimeter Fence,but soon she’ll have to confront the terrible truth of what’s happening outside. An old enemy is approaching. Threatening to extinguish her way of life.To save herself, Riley must fight to save another. She must put herself in the last place she ever wanted to be.This is the terrifying sequel to OUTSIDE... -
The Perimeter by Shalini Boland
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Perimeter is a darkly captivating dystopian tale of adventure, danger, love and redemption that will have you on the edge of your seat and up at night turning the pages to find out what happens in the end.In this fractured world, a sinister force is coming for Riley, and the only things keeping her safe are a perimeter fence and the people she loves... -
The Wicked We Have Done by Sarah Harian
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvalyn Ibarra never expected to be an accused killer and experimental prison test subject. A year ago, she was a normal college student. Now she’s been sentenced to a month in the compass room—an advanced prison obstacle course designed by the government to execute justice. If she survives, the world will know she’s innocent... -
Calypso's Guest by Andrew Sean Greer
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA bargain with the gods throws two men together in a timeless short story of adventure and unrequited love inspired by The Odyssey by Andrew Sean Greer, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Less . A man in exile, banished to a planet far from home and cursed with immortality, discovers that a ship has crash-landed near his settlement. After two hundred years, his heart’s desire has come true... -
Minders by Michele Jaffe
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA high concept, cinematic read with a surprising twist, MINDERS asks the question: who is really watching whom?Q: If the boy you love commits a crime, would you turn him in? Sadie Ames is a type-A teenager from the wealthy suburbs... -
Prototype by M.D. Waters
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe stunning debut that began with Archetype— and has readers buzzing—concludes in Prototype, when a woman’s dual pasts lock onto a collision course, threatening her present and future. Emma looks forward to the day when she can let go of her past—both of them. After more than a year on the run, with clues to her parents’ whereabouts within her grasp, she may finally find a place to settle down... -
Archetype by M.D. Waters
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn a future where women are a rare commodity, Emma fights for freedom but is held captive by the love of two men—one her husband, the other her worst enemy. If only she could remember which is which . . . In the stunning first volume of a two-book series, Emma wakes with her memory wiped clean...Categorized as:
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What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsI should not exist. But I do.Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else—two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to sing, how to dance. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers...Categorized as:
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Alien Morning by Rick Wilber
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPeter Holman is a freelance sweeper. The year 2030 sees a new era in social media with sweepcasting, a multisensory interface that can convey every thought, touch, smell, sight, and sound, immersing the audience in another person's experience.By fate, chance, or some darker design, Peter is perfectly positioned to be the one human to document the arrival of the aliens, the S'hudonni... -
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The Cage by Megan Shepherd
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn’t know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environments—tundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures, all watched over by eerie black windows. And she isn’t alone...Categorized as:
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The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsWho is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn't remember her life... -
The Vault of Dreamers by Caragh M. O'Brien
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWELCOME TO THE PRESTIGIOUS Forge School of the Arts, where every waking moment of the students' lives is televised. For twelve hours a day, every class, conversation, and gesture is broadcast to millions of viewers. And for twelve hours each night, the students undergo an induced sleep, proven to maximize creativity...Categorized as:
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The Boarding School Experiment by Emily Evans
Rated: 3.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere are three steps to taking revenge on the most popular, hottest guy in your senior class:• Stealth• Planning&• ExecutionAfter Elena fails at all of them, she’s tossed into a government run boarding school in Alaska. The worst part? Thane Trallwyn--her worst enemy and subject of her blown revenge--goes in with her.Alaska’s not big enough...Categorized as:
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The Administration by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe inspiration for the Administration series of stories is a maxim of Chris Boucher, script editor of Blakes 7—There are no bad guys. There are no good guys. There are only better guys, and worse guys.One of the worse guys is Val Toreth. In a world where torture is a legitimate part of the investigative process, he works for the Investigation and Interrogation Division... -
Chobits, Vol. 7 by Clamp
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCan a computer ever replace a human being? Minoru Kokubunji built Yuzuki to replace his sister after her passing. While Yuzuki certainly feels like a sister to Minoru, the more time he spends with her, the more he loves her for who she is. Chi was also built as a substitute family member... -
7SEEDS 1 by Yumi Tamura
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsScientists had predicted this disaster, and in response, the leaders of every country met to develop a plan for human survival before the meteor hit. The 7Seeds project was developed out of this meeting. Each country froze a number of young healthy people, which allowed them to survive the meteor... -
Chobits, Vol. 2 by Clamp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHideki is used to getting the short end of the stick. He can't get into school, his parents cut off his allowance, and he's a 19-year-old virgin. So when he found a perfectly good humanoid computer - a persocom - lying in the garbage, it seemed like his luck was finally starting to turn around. Chi isn't like any other persocom ever created... -
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