Recommendations based on This World We Live Inby Susan Beth Pfeffer

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  1. The Dead and the Gone

    by Susan Beth Pfeffer
    After an asteroid hits the moon, life in New York City becomes a struggle for survival. Follow the story of a teenage boy and his family.

    Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event–an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific ... (Goodreads)

  2. Life As We Knew It

    by Susan Beth Pfeffer
    A teenage girl's struggle to survive an apocalyptic disaster, relying on her resilience and resourcefulness.

    Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, ... (Goodreads)

  3. The Shade of the Moon

    by Susan Beth Pfeffer
    In a post-apocalyptic world, a privileged teenager struggles to survive and reconcile with his past actions.

    The eagerly awaited addition to the series begun with the New York Times best-seller, Life As We Knew It, in which a meteor knocks the moon off its orbit and the world changes forever. It's been more ... (Goodreads)

  4. The Forest of Hands and Teeth

    by Carrie Ryan
    In a post-apocalyptic world, Mary seeks to escape her village surrounded by the Forest of Hands and Teeth, where the undead roam.

    In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds ... (Barnes & Noble)

  5. Bruiser

    by Neal Shusterman
    A boy with a mysterious ability to absorb the pain and injuries of others becomes the target of those who want to exploit him.

    The New York Times bestselling author of Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman, delivers a suspenseful, eloquent, and thrilling novel that you won't be able to stop thinking about after you've put it ... (Barnes & Noble)

  6. Deep Blue

    by Jennifer Donnelly
    Haunted by tragedy, a talented musician struggles to find her voice and purpose in life. A journey of self-discovery and healing.

    Deep in the ocean, in a world not so different from our own, live the merpeople. Their communities are spread throughout the oceans, seas, and freshwaters all over the globe. When Serafina, a mermaid ... (Barnes & Noble)

  7. I Am Number Four

    by Pittacus Lore
    An extraordinary teen must use his special abilities to protect himself and those he loves from an alien race of enemies.

    Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster ... (Goodreads)

  8. The Reapers are the Angels

    by Alden Bell
    A coming-of-age journey through a post-apocalyptic world.

    Zombies have infested a fallen America. A young girl named Temple is on the run. Haunted by her past and pursued by a killer, Temple is surrounded by death and danger, hoping to be set free. For ... (Goodreads)

  9. Delirium

    by Lauren Oliver
    A teenage girl's struggle against a dystopian society's oppressive rules in order to stay with the one she loves.

    The story is set in Portland, Maine , in 2091. Civilization is concentrated in the cities that escaped the severe bombings decades earlier. Travel between the cities is highly restricted. Electric ... (Wikipedia)

  10. Unwind

    by Neal Shusterman
    A dystopian future world where teenagers are subjected to a “harvesting” process that splits them apart.

    Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives. The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age ... (Goodreads)

  11. Blood Red Road

    by Moira Young
    A dystopian adventure of survival and family, as a young woman sets out on a quest to save her kidnapped brother.

    ▶, ACE #1, Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her ... (Goodreads)

  12. The Girl Who Chased the Moon

    by Sarah Addison Allen
    A young girl's journey of self-discovery, uncovering hidden family secrets in a small southern town.

    In her latest enchanting novel, New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen invites you to a quirky little Southern town with more magic than a full Carolina moon. Here two very different ... (Goodreads)

  13. The Magician's Elephant

    by Kate DiCamillo
    A mysterious elephant brings together a group of characters in a magical journey of discovery.

    In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected — and making the extraordinary come true. What if? Why not? Could it be? When a fortuneteller's ... (Goodreads)

  14. The Sugar Queen

    by Sarah Addison Allen
    A young woman's journey of self-discovery as she unlocks the mysteries of her small town.

    Twenty-seven-year-old Josey is sure of three things: winter in her North Carolina hometown is her favorite season; she's a sorry excuse for a Southern belle; and sweets are best eaten in the privacy ... (Goodreads)

  15. The Peach Keeper

    by Sarah Addison Allen
    A woman returns to her small town to uncover secrets of her past, while a mysterious stranger holds the key to unlocking them.

    The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Chased the Moon welcomes you to her newest locale: Walls of Water, North Carolina, where the secrets are thicker than the fog from the town’s ... (Goodreads)

  16. On the Island

    by Tracey Garvis Graves
    A story of survival, friendship, and love between two people stranded on a desert island.

    When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a job tutoring T.J. Callahan at his family's summer rental in the Maldives, she accepts without hesitation; a working vacation on a ... (Goodreads)

  17. Glass Houses

    by Rachel Caine
    A young woman must confront mysterious forces and her own dark past to save her city from destruction.

    The first in the award winning series, Glass Houses is about college freshman, Claire Danvers who has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old ... (Wikipedia)

  18. Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

    by Darren Shan
    A boy's fascination with a vampire's spider leads him to become a half-vampire and join a traveling freak show.

    Cirque du Freak is the saga of a young boy whose visit to a mysterious freak show leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires. Filled with grotesque creatures, murderous vampires, and a ... (Goodreads)

  19. Treasure Island

    by Robert Louis Stevenson
    A thrilling adventure of a young boy and a crew of rogues in search of buried treasure.

    An old sailor named Billy Bones comes to lodge in the rural Admiral Benbow Inn on the Bristol Channel , in England. He tells the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins , to keep a lookout for "a one-legged ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Ashes, Ashes

    by Jo Treggiari
    A post-apocalyptic world where a deadly virus has wiped out most of humanity. A young girl must survive and find her family.

    A thrilling tale of adventure, romance, and one girl's unyielding courage through the darkest of nightmares. Epidemics, floods, droughts – for sixteen-year-old Lucy, the end of the world came and ... (Barnes & Noble)

  21. Breathe

    by Sarah Crossan
    A story of two sisters, one with cystic fibrosis, navigating life and love while facing the reality of a limited lifespan.

    The world has no air. Ever since the Switch, when the oxygen levels plummeted and most of humanity died, the survivors have been protected in a glass dome full of manufactured air. If you want to ... (Barnes & Noble)

  22. Uninvited

    by Sophie Jordan
    Davy Hamilton's life is turned upside down when she tests positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome and is forced into a government-run facility.

    From New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan, Uninvited is a chilling and suspenseful story about a girl whose DNA brands her a killer, perfect for fans of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer and ... (Barnes & Noble)

  23. The 5th Wave

    by Rick Yancey
    A teenage girl struggles to survive in a world overtaken by alien invaders.

    After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the un lucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the ... (Goodreads)

  24. Gathering Blue

    by Lois Lowry
    A young girl's story of struggle and resilience in a post-apocalyptic world.

    In her strongest work to date, Lois Lowry once again creates a mysterious but plausible future world. It is a society ruled by savagery and deceit that shuns and discards the weak. Left orphaned and ... (Goodreads)

  25. Awaken

    by Katie Kacvinsky
    In a future society where technology controls everything, a girl rebels and falls in love with a boy who lives off the grid.

    Maddie lives in a world where everything is done on the computer. Whether it’s to go to school or on a date, people don’t venture out of their home. There’s really no need. For the most part, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  26. Homecoming

    by Kass Morgan
    After a devastating nuclear war, a group of teens return to Earth from a space colony to find it inhabited by hostile survivors.

    The series is set three generations after a thermonuclear apocalypse , wherein the only known survivors of the human race live in a space colony consisting of satellites joined together in orbit ... (Wikipedia)

  27. The Girl in the Clockwork Collar

    by Kady Cross
    Steampunk adventure featuring a girl with a clockwork collar, a kidnapping, and a race against time to save her.

    In New York City, 1897, life has never been more thrilling-or dangerous Finley Jayne and her "straynge band of mysfits" have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper from the ... (Goodreads)

  28. The Promise

    by Jessica Sorensen
    A young woman struggles to keep a promise to her dying mother, while navigating the complexities of love and family secrets.

    My name is Gemma Lucas and my life's a mess. Alex is gone, my dad's trapped in his own mind, and my mom's working for the dark side. Not to mention Nicholas refuses to quit haunting me. The world has ... (Barnes & Noble)

  29. Nobody's Princess

    by Esther M. Friesner
    A young princess defies societal norms and expectations to forge her own path and become a legendary warrior.

    She is beautiful, she is a princess, and Aphrodite is her favorite goddess, but something in Helen of Sparta just itches for more out of life. Not one to count on the gods—or her looks—to take care ... (Goodreads)

  30. Shadowfell

    by Juliet Marillier
    A young girl escapes an oppressive society and embarks on a dangerous journey to a mystical land.

    Sixteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured and brought before him. Eager to hide her own canny skill–a uniquely ... (Goodreads)