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The Hunger Games Tribute Guide by Emily Seife
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling Hunger Games is now a major motion picture—and here is the ultimate guide to the all the tributes in the 74th annual Hunger Games!Here is the ultimate guide to the twenty-fourth annual Hunger Games...Categorized as:
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![The Ranch: A Legacy of Violence by Sean Liscom]()
The Ranch: A Legacy of Violence by Sean Liscom
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by Sean Liscom Jason Sterling had a simple life by all accounts. He had worked the same job his entire adult life, he had never married and he had no children. He was used to doing things on his own. His comfortable life was shaken to the core the day he learned of his fathers death... -
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National Treasure by Arthur T. Bradley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJust when it looks like Deputy Marshal Mason Raines might finally settle into a life free from violence, he receives an emergency distress call from the New Colony. Not only has his handler been brutally attacked, but the life of a treacherous woman he once loved is also in danger...Categorized as:
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![Alone at the End of the World by M.P. McDonald]()
Alone at the End of the World by M.P. McDonald
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhile a deadly virus races through the world’s population, survivors struggle to find others who are still alive because nobody wants to be Alone at the End of the World. Thirteen-year-old Ethan should be practicing his skateboard moves, not watching his family members die, one by one. He knows he could become a victim of the evil infection at any minute...Categorized as:
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![Masters of Mayhem by Franklin Horton]()
Masters of Mayhem by Franklin Horton
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsConor Maguire and his daughter Barb planned to weather the apocalypse by keeping to themselves, hidden from the world in their compound deep in the Appalachian Mountains. Their approach failed, allowing bad men to get too close and kidnap Barb...Categorized as:
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![Fallout by Bruno Miller]()
Fallout by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic Survival seriesWould this be your final stand? The journey continues for Ben, his son Joel, Joel’s classmate Allie and their dog Gunner as they struggle with the harsh realities of this dangerous new world...Categorized as:
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Resistance by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic Survival seriesHow far would you go for family? As Ben, Joel, Allie, and their dog Gunner continue their trek across the EMP ravaged country, constant challenges face them at every turn...Categorized as:
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![Flynn's Log 1: Rescue Island (Stone Marshall's Flynn's Log) by Stone Marshall]()
Flynn's Log 1: Rescue Island (Stone Marshall's Flynn's Log) by Stone Marshall
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf you lived in Minecraft, would you survive? Follow Flynn on a journey through Minecraft filled with trouble and danger as he battles spiders, skeletons, zombies, and creepers.Flynn’s memory is hazy. He wakes up in a strange world and faces two huge surprises... First, his body has transformed. He is no longer a human. He is a Minecraft character! Second, he is totally alone... -
![The Ranch: A Legacy of Darkness (The Legacy Series Book 3) by Sean Liscom]()
The Ranch: A Legacy of Darkness (The Legacy Series Book 3) by Sean Liscom
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPost-Apocalyptic Fiction by Sean Liscom Jason Sterling had a simple life by all accounts. He had worked the same job his entire adult life, he had never married and he had no children. He was used to doing things on his own. His comfortable life was shaken to the core the day he learned of his fathers death... -
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Resistance by A. American, Walt Browning
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe city has become a warzone. Charlie and her companions must survive the gangs and corrupt government agents that are out to stake their claims on the nation’s riches...Categorized as:
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![EMP Resurrection by J.J. Holden, Henry Gene Foster]()
EMP Resurrection by J.J. Holden, Henry Gene Foster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBOOK 5 OF THE DARK NEW WORLD SERIES The invaders have been repelled for now, but Cassy’s problems are far from over. Her nascent body of allies, the Confederation, may have a traitor among them. With the Empire coming from the west to “liberate” survivors and land alike, the timing couldn’t be worse...Categorized as:
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Run by Craig Martelle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe end doesn’t come till you draw your last breath… After enduring the holocaust that destroyed Fairbanks, Chuck and his family did more than simply endure. They thrived. Together with other survivors, the Nagy’s are rebuilding their lives in the Alaskan wilderness, creating a better society... -
![Blood Bought by Franklin Horton]()
Blood Bought by Franklin Horton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the fourth installment in The Locker Nine Series: Robert Hardwick's presence at a friend's compound in northern Georgia has put him on the radar of a corrupt congressman whose only bug-out plan is to take the property of someone better prepared than himself...Categorized as:
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![Rising from the Darkness: American Apocalypse: Book 4 EMP Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction by A.J. Newman]()
Rising from the Darkness: American Apocalypse: Book 4 EMP Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction by A.J. Newman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRising from the Darkness: Book 4 EMP Post Apocalyptic Science Fiction Joe and his band of intrepid survivors have joined a larger group of survivalists. They are making life much better by implementing mutual assistance groups that help protect each other and barter among themselves. While life is getting better, there are still threats to handle and pain to endure... -
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![The Resolution by Steven C. Bird]()
The Resolution by Steven C. Bird
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Resolution is the fourth installment in The New Homefront Series where patriotic Americans struggle to survive while fighting the evil and tyranny that pervades their new world... -
![Quell by Clare Littlemore]()
Quell by Clare Littlemore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne battle. One chance to change the future. Having survived the deadly virus that endangered her new community, Quin is devastated to learn that the same sickness threatens The Beck. With Adams and his Shadow Patrol in charge, Cam and her friends are in mortal danger. The rebels know they’re not strong enough to take on The Beck’s government alone...Categorized as:
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![Worlds Apart by C.A. Rudolph]()
Worlds Apart by C.A. Rudolph
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlan Russell thought about his family night and day. They didn’t just mean the world to him, they were his world. As a devoted husband and father, his sole purpose was to love, support, and protect them. Yet Alan had gone a step further, doing everything in his power to ensure his family’s survival in what he believed would become a perilous and uncertain future...Categorized as:
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![The Path Of Water by Franklin Horton]()
The Path Of Water by Franklin Horton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter an EMP strands Dan in Boise, he escapes to the Idaho mountains with his new friend, Holly. She's not entirely sure what she's gotten herself into. She's straight-laced, pragmatic, and comes from a law enforcement background. Dan is a vigilante who thinks murder is sometimes the best solution to a problem...Categorized as:
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![Storm's Fury by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus]()
Storm's Fury by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA young girl who saw her father die. A soldier who lost everything. Now, in the shadow of the apocalypse, they will fight to survive.The skies above America darken as powerful, corrupt forces inadvertently unleash a disaster of biblical proportions.In a quiet southern town, a lonely soldier lives each day in a bottle, forever regretting sins and losses of the past... -
![When the Peace Is Gone by P.A. Glaspy]()
When the Peace Is Gone by P.A. Glaspy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRuss and Anne Mathews made their escape from their home, along with family, friends, and new friends they made along the way. Now, they must build a new life for themselves at the Warren farm, without the luxury of electricity and very few traces of the 21st century... -
![The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros]()
The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPrize-winner in three categories of the 2019 Wales Book of the Year Award, The Blue Book of Nebo paints a spellbinding and eerie picture of society’s collapse, and the relationships that persist after everything as we know it disappears. After nuclear disaster, Rowenna and her young son are among the rare survivors in rural north-west Wales...Categorized as:
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![The Fracturing by Tricia Wentworth]()
The Fracturing by Tricia Wentworth
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings** NOT A STANDALONE NOVEL! ** In the final moments of "The Culling", Reagan Scott was betrayed. This betrayal changes everything. Not just for the Culling but for the country. As the competition for Presidential Couple continues and the final four are solidified, the campaigning begins, sending Reagan on a tour of the townships to vie for the votes and hearts of the nation...Categorized as:
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![Tomorrow Girls #4: Set Me Free by Eva Gray]()
Tomorrow Girls #4: Set Me Free by Eva Gray
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a terrifying future world, four girls must depend on each other if they want to survive.Maddie is ready for action. Louisa, Evelyn, and Rosie helped rescue her from the Alliance's grasp, and she's learned an enormous, game-changing secret: her mother is the leader of the Resistance!But reuniting with her long-absent mother is not going to be easy...Categorized as:
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![Escape by Bruno Miller]()
Escape by Bruno Miller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Post-Apocalyptic Survival seriesCould you protect your own? Recent EMP attacks have left the country in a state of chaos and upheaval. With two of his children on the East Coast, Ben Davis has left Colorado behind, embarking on a cross-country journey with his eldest son, Joel, one of Joel’s classmates, Allie, and the family dog, Gunner...Categorized as:
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![With the Enemy by Eva Gray]()
With the Enemy by Eva Gray
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a terrifying new world, four girls must depend on each other if they want to survive. Evelyn has always suspected that things are more sinister and more complicated than they seem. Now that Maddie has been kidnapped, Rosie, Louisa, and the boys are paying more attention to Evelyn's theories. As the group makes their way toward war-torn Chicago, they're under constant threat of capture...Categorized as:
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![Among the Brave by Margaret Peterson Haddix]()
Among the Brave by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA Reluctant HeroTrey may have saved Luke's life, but he still thinks of himself as a coward who can barely stand to be outdoors. Now Trey finds out Luke has been taken prisoner at Population Police headquarters. Trey is terrified, but he knows that if he doesn't rescue his friend, no one will.At police headquarters, Trey impersonates an officer to try getting to Luke... -
![Luke's Trek: Adapt, Fight... Survive by Scott Medbury]()
Luke's Trek: Adapt, Fight... Survive by Scott Medbury
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“America Falls had me racing to the final page… apocalyptic storytelling at its best” – Christopher Cartwright. In the tragic aftermath of the clash with the Marauders, Luke has walked out. No one knows where he's gone, and no one knows if he'll be back.With only reminders of tragedy behind him, he sets off to fight his demons on his own terms, his first time alone in the ruins of America...Categorized as:
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![Legacy by Tom Abrahams]()
Legacy by Tom Abrahams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's small. She's quiet. She's deadly. Lou survived the plague that killed her mother. As her father sheltered her from the evil that consumed the world, he taught her how to survive. After an ambush leaves her orphaned, the young, unassuming girl put her skills to the test. A wanderer every bit as brilliant as she is deadly, she forges a new path in the wilderness once known as Texas...Categorized as:
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![Endurance by John Q. Prepper, M.L. Banner]()
Endurance by John Q. Prepper, M.L. Banner
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe sequel to the #1 best-seller, Highway All they had to do was endure. The enemy had other plans. Several of America’s greatest cities have been nuked, the grid is down, food supplies are dwindling, and the lawless have taken over. Even those who prepared are struggling... -
![The Devil's Road by Boyd Craven]()
The Devil's Road by Boyd Craven
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the horrors of Chicago put down hard, Dick AKA Devil Dog, Jamie, Mel, Luis and Courtney head west, where they are hoping to re-unite with family. There's only a few problems along the way... Only a few. Rabid Cannibals, hunted by psychotic raiders and a town that's forcing a "Tithe" on travelers and a government gone wild... all before the main event.. -
![EMP Deadfall by Henry Gene Foster, J.J. Holden]()
EMP Deadfall by Henry Gene Foster, J.J. Holden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBOOK 3 OF THE DARK NEW WORLD SERIES Cassy and her Clan have made it alive to the promised oasis of her farm and prepare for the upcoming winter. But old enemies race to catch up to them and have a different plan in mind for the Clan. Meanwhile, resistance cells in New York face long odds, including betrayal from within and a tightening gauntlet from the invaders and their quislings...Categorized as:
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![Incineration by Laura DiSilverio]()
Incineration by Laura DiSilverio
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter soldiers storm the Bulrush compound, Everly Jax spends four months in prison, uncertain of her friends' fates and determined to figure out who betrayed Bulrush. When she goes on trial for murder, her only hope is a mysterious lawyer who may not have her best interests at heart. After the stunning verdict, she's convinced she has been betrayed again...Categorized as:
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![Civil War: Adapt, Fight...Survive by Scott Medbury]()
Civil War: Adapt, Fight...Survive by Scott Medbury
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“America Falls had me racing to the final page… apocalyptic storytelling at its best” – Christopher Cartwright. Luke has finally returned and, with the aid of Colonel Randall's settlement, Isaac and their group get busy making a bigger and better home for themselves in Manchester...Categorized as:
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![Present Danger by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus]()
Present Danger by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe United States is in chaos. Fleeing his hometown, Joel accompanies Helen on a dangerous cross-country trip, hoping to reunite her with a mysterious prepper group her grandfather belonged to. Danger lurks around every corner in Chicago as Big T and his companions strengthen their base of operations - but all good things come with a cost in Storm's Fury Book 3... -
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![The Drowned by Kevin Partner, Mike Kraus]()
The Drowned by Kevin Partner, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Thrilling Post-Apocalyptic Survival StoryWhen a geo-engineering project goes catastrophically wrong, one man will risk everything to rescue his daughter.Put in place to try and fix the the melting ice caps, the Exobot project was supposed to be our salvation.It became our destruction instead... -
![The Long Road by Mike Kraus]()
The Long Road by Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRick has been taken by the military a second time but after being reunited with a friend he discovers new information about Damocles that leads to a profound turning point in the fight against the weapon. Meanwhile, after Dianne and her children become reunited with some old friends they must deal with a threat to their personal lives that may overwhelm their defenses... -
![Colony East by Scott Cramer]()
Colony East by Scott Cramer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B00FFBDEUW When Abby's little sister, Toucan, contracts a new, deadly illness spreading among the survivors, they go on a dangerous journey to Colony East, an enclave of scientists caring for a small group of children. Abby fears that time is running short for Touk, but she soon learns that time is running out for everyone outside Colony East...Categorized as:
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![Dark Destruction by Grace Hamilton]()
Dark Destruction by Grace Hamilton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this new dark world, responsibility for others is a heavy burden. Megan Wolford is used to handling her own problems, so being part of a makeshift family, and all the responsibilities that come with it, is a new experience... -
![The World Bleeds by Boyd Craven]()
The World Bleeds by Boyd Craven
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlake, ever the entertainer is feeling restless while healing. In this new post apocalyptic world, he can no longer blog, but he can use the radio. Can he convey his thoughts and ideas to help others without having pictures and diagrams on how to do things? He hopes to find out.Supplies are running low for Michael, John and the Kids...Categorized as:
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![Meet Me at World's End by Jordan Rivet]()
Meet Me at World's End by Jordan Rivet
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA killer comet speeds for Earth, big enough to wipe out all life and choke the atmosphere for a century. When the news breaks, soft-spoken freshman Charlotte Hartland gets caught in a flood of panicked students on her college campus—until a black SUV swoops in to extract her...Categorized as:
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![Where the World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold]()
Where the World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJuniper Greene lives in a walled city from which nature has been banished, following the outbreak of a deadly man-made disease many years earlier. While most people seem content to live in such a cage, she and her little brother Bear have always known about their resistance to the disease, and dream of escaping into the wild. To the one place humans have survived outside of cities...Categorized as:
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![Ashes of the World by Boyd Craven]()
Ashes of the World by Boyd Craven
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBack Country J, Blake Jackson is back in the second episode of The World Burns SeriesThe Cayhills make the perfect addition to The Homestead, and there is a wedding to plan. The group starts to salvage what they can from the burned out world. A new danger arises and one of the Homestead group is injured...Categorized as:
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![Cry Havoc by A. American]()
Cry Havoc by A. American
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe news is full of disturbing events today. There’s war and rumors of war. There’s the false recovery of the economy. Failing faith in the US economy is extremely high. Foreign banks have either slowed their purchases of Treasury Bonds or, in a few cases, begun unloading them.We have a current election that is rife with corruption, extreme partisanship and outright fraud...Categorized as:
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![The Gathering Storm by Mike Kraus]()
The Gathering Storm by Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter narrowly surviving an escape from Los Angeles, Rick Waters heads east in an attempt to get home. When he reaches the outskirts of Las Vegas, though, he is faced with the sobering fact that the world is forever changed... -
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![The World Hungers by Boyd Craven]()
The World Hungers by Boyd Craven
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTo complete their self sufficiency, Blake and Sandra take a team to check out the area and acquire some livestock. Things aren't always as easy at they seem on the surface.Neal and Patty escape the inner city in Michigan to flee. An odd acquaintance gives Neal an inheritance that may just save his life...Categorized as:
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![Tears Of The World by Boyd Craven]()
Tears Of The World by Boyd Craven
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA 17 year old in Alabama is forced into making a snap decision that he'll have to live with for the rest of his life. He knows just enough to survive, but it tests his resourcefulness.David looks deep within his soul and sets out to prove to the Jackson's that he's not the monster everyone thought he was, and wants to win their trust...Categorized as:
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![Flight 3430 by Jacqueline Druga]()
Flight 3430 by Jacqueline Druga
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a small Montana town, it takes four minutes for every man, woman and child to die.It isn’t a virus or biological attack, but rather the beginning of a geological event that triggers a chain reaction across the globe with devastating effects.A repeat of an extinction event that occurred millions of years earlier.There is no stopping it. The only way to survive is to stay ahead of it...Categorized as:
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![Fallout by Chris Morphew]()
Fallout by Chris Morphew
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe time for pretending is over. The Shackleton Building has been turned into a concentration camp, and the last free people in Phoenix are forced into hiding. The fight is over unless Jordan and Luke can figure out where the Co-operative is hiding Tobias. And Jordan has to find a way to protect Luke before Peter rages out of control … or else history is doomed to repeat itself... -
![Surviving the Fall by Mike Kraus]()
Surviving the Fall by Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen a devastating attack cripples and destroys every Internet-connected device in the country, Rick Waters is stranded a thousand miles from his wife, Dianne, and their children. To get back home he'll have to draw on every survival instinct he has as he's pulled into a web of lies and conspiracy that threaten not just his survival but that of the entire world...Categorized as:
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![Boy In The Tower by Polly Ho-Yen]()
Boy In The Tower by Polly Ho-Yen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSHORTLISTED FOR THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE REDBRIDGE AWARD 2015RUNNER UP TEACH PRIMARY NEW CHILDREN'S FICTION AWARD 2015BOOKTRUST PICKWhen they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way. Ade loves living at the top of a tower block...Categorized as:
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