Islands of rage & hope

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Madeleine Roux

""Finally, a zombie apocalypse done right!"* The lurching, lunging, laugh-filled sequel to Allison Hewitt is Trapped. Spring is in the air, and a radical group of "Repopulationists"-- better known as Rabbits--are restless and ready to multiply. Unfortunately, these zealots manage to destroy a crucial barrier in north Seattle, unleashing the undead into the city. It's not good news for Sadie Walker, who's trying to live a normal life and raise her nephew in peace--when he's kidnapped by Rabbits. Now she's got to fight off zombies and zanies and sail a shipload of survivors to safety when she'd love to tell them all to get a life. But hey, it is the zombie apocalypse, after all... "--

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John Dixon

When a tough sixteen-year-old boxing champ sentenced to an isolated boot camp discovers it is actually a mercenary training facility turning "throwaway children" into scientifically enhanced killers, he risks everything to save his friends and stop a madman bent on global destruction.

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Isobelle Carmody

Friend becomes foe and trust is a thing of the past when the Misfits' most relentless enemy turns Elspeth's world upside down. Through coercion and mind control, Ariel stands on the cusp of his ultimate revenge--and it falls to Elspeth to rescue a former ally whose mind and body have been manipulated to unleash a plague that will destroy all it touches.From the Paperback edition.

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O. T. Nelson

When a plague sweeps over the earth killing everyone except children under twelve, ten-year-old Lisa organizes a group to rebuild a new way of life.