Ra's Spiral Path

Category: dystopian

  • Everything Is Political

    Everything Is Political

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    Everything is political.

  • The Dog Stars

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      By Peter Heller I found this book to be extremely moving.  While the story is both grim and bleak, it is also wondrously hopeful and beautifully written. The story is about love, courage, and finding one’s home.  It is written from the main character, Hig’s, perspective in short segments.  While the first part of…

  • Mockingjay

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    By Suzanne Collins Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Scholastic Press, 2010 Genres: Science fiction, adventure, dystopian, thriller Series: The Hunger Games; 3 ISBN: 9780439023511 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 392 Setting: Panem – mainly District 13 & the Capitol, but also Districts 12, 8, and 2 Time period: Sometime in the future Plot…

  • Matched

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    By Ally Condie Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dutton Books, 2010 Genres: Science fiction, dystopian, romance Series: Matched; 1 ISBN: 9780525423645 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 369 Setting: The City & Mapletree Borough, Oria Province Time period: An unspecified time in the future Plot summary: Cassia Reyes lives in a perfect society.  Debilitating…

  • Catching Fire

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    By Suzanne Collins Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Scholastic Press, 2009 Genres: Science fiction, adventure, dystopian, thriller Series: The Hunger Games; 2 ISBN: 9780439023498 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 391 Setting: Panem – mainly District 12 & the Capitol Time period: Sometime in the future Plot summary: When Katniss returns to District 12…

  • Bones of Faerie

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    By Janni Lee Simner Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, dark fantasy, faerie tale, dystopian Series: A sequel – Faerie Winter – is due to be published in April, 2011 ISBN: 9780375845635 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 247 Setting: St. Louis, Missouri area Time period: About twenty years in…

  • The Hunger Games

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    By Suzanne Collins Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Scholastic Inc., c2008, 2009 Genres: Science fiction, adventure, dystopian, thriller Series: The Hunger Games; 1 ISBN: 9780439023528 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 374 Setting: District 12 & the Capitol, Panem Time period: Sometime in the future – after “the Dark Days, the uprising of…

  • Boneshaker

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    By Cherie Priest Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Tor, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, steampunk, horror, science fiction, adventure ISBN: 9780765318411 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 416 Setting: Seattle, WA Time period: 1880 Plot summary: In an alternate history, the Klondike gold rush began a few decades earlier and brought huge numbers of people to…

  • So This is How it Ends

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    By Tui T. Sutherland Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Eos, 2006 Genre: Fantasy, time travel fantasy, adventure, mythic fiction, science fiction Series: Avatars; 1 ISBN: 9780060750299 Intended audience: Young adult Number of pages: 480 Settings: Many various settings including: Los Angeles, NYC, Chile, Mexico Time periods: 2003 – 2012, 2087 Plot summary: Five teenagers…