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Fantasy/Sci Fi Read-alikes for Summer

July feature blog

Have you read all the Hunger Games, Divergent, and Maze Runner Series and can't wait till the release of  Mockingjay Part 2 and the Scorch Trials movies? Here are some great Fantasy/Sci-Fi read-alikes that might help you survive the summer.

If you liked The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Red risingThe hunger gamesThen you might like Red Rising by Pierce Brown

A tale set in a bleak future society torn by class divisions follows the experiences of 17 year old secret revolutionary, Darrow, who after witnessing his wife's execution by an oppressive government joins a revolutionary cell and attempts to infiltrate the governments command school, intent on taking down his oppressors from the inside. But the command school is a battlefield - and Darrow isn't the only student with an agenda. (Goodreads)

If you liked False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen

Red queenThe false princeYou might like Red Queen, Victoria Ayeyard

Poverty stricken Mare Barrow, is a 17-year-old Red girl from The Stilts'. Reds are commoners with red blood, living under the rule of the Silvers,  an elite society with supernatural powers created by their silver blood. Then by accident Mare, with red blood, discovers she possesses one of the rarest powers of all.  The more she learns about the Silvers the more she wants their rule to end. With her power and the underground rebellion she might just be the one to end it.  But power is a dangerous game.  There are many who covet it.  Who will win it?

If you liked Legend by Marie Lu

CinderLegendYou might like Cinderby Marissa Meyer

(Book 1 of the Lunar Chronicles)

In this futuristic Earth, A deadly plague, letumosis, ravages the population, and androids do most of the work. In New Beijing, Linh Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg.  She’s a second-class citizen whose adoptive father died within months of her adoption, she is hated by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s letumosis.  When Cinder is asked by the handsome Prince Kai, to fix his nanny-bot she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle.  On Lunar (fully independent nation on the Moon), ruthless Queen Levana and the Lunar people watch, waiting to make their move to take over earth.  In order to protect the Earth, Kai, and herself, Cinder must move fast.

If you liked Eragon (book 1 of the Inheritance series) by Christopher Paolini

The story of Owen : dragon slayer of TrondheimEragon Then you might like The story of Owen: The Dragonslayer of Trondheim by E.K. Johnson

In an alternate world where many species of carbon-eating dragons have thrived for centuries.  Owen, a dragonslayer being trained by his famous aunt, and Siobahn, his bard, face a dragon infestation near their small town.

"Such was Trondheim's fate until Owen Thorskard arrived. At sixteen, with dragons advancing and his grades plummeting, Owen faced impossible odds—armed only with a sword, his legacy, and the classmate who agreed to be his bard. Listen! I am Siobhan McQuaid. I alone know the story of Owen, the story that changes everything. Listen!" -The bards song.

 
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