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series3 books2010

About survival, set in north america.

“Paolo Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker follows Nailer as helping her pulls him out of his abusive father's orbit and into a much larger, more dangerous game involving her family's fortune.”
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Maze RunnerSeries

series11 books2009

About survival.

“A 16 year old boy awakens with amnesia in a community of other youths in the center of a maze, and realizes they must cooperate to escape.”
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The Hunger GamesUniverse

universe5 books2008

About survival and totalitarianism, set in north america.

“Panem, they call it now — a nation raised on the drowned bones of North America, a glittering Capitol ringed by twelve districts it once starved into obedience.”
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includes The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games prequels

Shade's Children milieuSeries

series2 books1997

About survival and coming of age.

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Black Star RisingNovel

Frederik Pohlstandalone novel1985

First contact, about aliens, set in north america.

“The main character is an American who the Chinese send to meet a race of warlike aliens who come to Earth.”
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The 5th WaveSeries

series4 books2013

Alien invasion, about aliens and survival, set in north america.

“Cassie Sullivan, the survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her young brother from the enemy with help from a boy who may be one of them.”
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