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Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place and must rely upon her sharp instincts when she's pitted against highly trained Tributes who have prepared their entire lives. She must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival...
2) Life of Pi
Pub. Date
c2013.
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Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
An unstoppable event threatens the world's population by attacking the most basic human instinct of all: survival. Elliot Moore is an ordinary man who is trying to save his family from a terrifying, invisible killer. As Elliot discovers the incredible possibility of what is happening, it becomes very clear that no one is safe.
5) The grey
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
After their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness, a roughneck group of oil drillers is forced to find a way back to civilization. As Ottway leads the injured survivors through the brutal snow and ice, they are relentlessly tracked by a vicious pack of rogue wolves that will do anything to defend their territory.
6) The Guardian
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Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
An aging United States Coast Guard rescue swimmer's team is killed in a horrific rescue mission. Just prior to this same mission his wife announces that she cannot take anymore. This leaves him an emotional wreck. His commender gives him a choice - quit or take a position as an instructor at the USCG training facility in Louisiana. Reluctantly he takes the position and moves into the school. Once there he immediately increases the 18 week curriculum...
8) El marciano
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"Hace seis dias, el astronauta Mark Watney se convirtio en una de las primeras personas en caminar en Marte. Ahora, el esta seguro de que va a ser la primera persona en morir alli. Despues de que una tormenta de polvo casi lo mata y obliga a su tripulacion a evacuar mientras lo hacian muerto, Mark se encuentra atrapado y completamente solo, sin manera de siquiera dar una senal a la tierra de que esta vivo, y aunque el pudiera conseguir palabra hacia...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
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Description
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
10) All is lost
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
An open-water thriller about one man's battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling, and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the...
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense...
12) The Grey
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
After their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness, a roughneck group of oil drillers is forced to find a way back to civilization. As Ottway leads the injured survivors through the brutal snow and ice, they are relentlessly tracked by a vicious pack of rogue wolves that will do anything to defend their territory.
14) After Earth
Pub. Date
c2013.
Description
Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon.
17) World War Z
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane travels the globe in an effort to eliminate the zombie pandemic that is endangering the existence of humanity.
18) Collateral
Description
Vincent is a cool, calculating contract killer at the top of his game. Max is a cabbie with big dreams looking for his next fare. This fateful night, Max becomes Vincent's collateral, and will transport him on his next mission - one night, five stops, five hits and then a perfect getaway. Together, Vincent and Max find themselves in a non-stop race against time. With the LAPD and the FBI after them, they each become dependent on the other to survive....
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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Hace meses que Aria se enter� de la muerte de su madre. Hace meses que Perry se convirti� en Se�or de la Sangre de los Mareas, y meses desde que Aria lo vio por �ltima vez. Aria y Perry han so�ado durante mucho tiempo con el reencuentro. Pero las cosas se salen de control y nada va como se esperaba. Adem�s, las tormentas de �ter son cada d�a peores y la �nica esperanza que tienen de sobrevivir es llegar...
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Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Todo su mundo está bajo el agua.... La familia de Barry intenta evacuarse antes de que el huracán Katrina azote su casa en el Noveno Distrito Sur de Nueva Orleans, pero la hermanita de Barry está enferma y su familia se ve forzado a quedarse y esperar a que pase la tormenta. Al principio, el huracán no parece tan poderoso como los meteorólogos habían pronosticado, pero derante la noche los diques se rompen y el mundo de Barry queda literalmente...