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Endangered by Lamar Giles Fast paced, thrilling, diverse cast, well utilized (and not dead) parental units, not too easy to figure out, satisfyingly UNsatisfying ending. No sunshine and roses in this one, but it all WORKS. I really enjoyed this and will be looking for more from this author. Side note, at the beginning, I really liked and identified with Panda (as the reader is supposed to do) Then, in the middle, I started having second thoughts about her and her motivations and methods, right when she started having second thoughts about herself. And THAT is a great thing. To be able to make us like someone and then STILL question whether they are a good person doing good things, is very nice to read. Review by Kelly

The Boy at the End of the World by   Greg Van Eekhout " Fisher is the last boy on earth-and things are not looking good for the human race. Only Fisher made it out alive after the carefully crafted survival bunker where Fisher and dozens of other humans had been sleeping was destroyed.  Luckily, Fisher is not totally alone. He meets a broken robot he names Click, whose programmed purpose-to help Fisher "continue existing"-makes it act an awful lot like an overprotective parent. Together, Fisher and Click uncover evidence that there may be a second survival bunker far to the west. In prose that skips from hilarious to touching and back in a heartbeat, Greg van Eekhout brings us a thrilling story of survival that becomes a journey to a new hope-if Fisher can continue existing long enough to get there." Some scary situations, and tense moments heighten the drama in this  great middle grade dystopian adventure sci-fi post-apocalyptic novel!  (Are there enou...