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Duncan, Alexandra
3 Reviews
(3)
YA
Tempest guards one of AgraStar's farms from rebel raiders. When an explosion releases a disease that kills everything--human and crop--at the compound, Tempest and rebel Alder race to take the seeds of the only unaffected plant to the rest of humanity. In this Mad Max–like dystopia, Duncan keeps the danger coming and the tension high as Tempest and Alder learn to work together.
Reviewer: Lauren Chambers
(3)
YA
In the standalone companion to Salvage, Haitian teen Miyole's first deep-space voyage as a scientific assistant fulfills a lifelong dream. But when Cassia sets out to rescue her brother, kidnapped by space pirates, Miyole abandons everything to help. Too late, Miyole wonders if Cassia even returns her romantic feelings. Robust world-building, including a collage of Earth cultures, supports a gripping plot arc.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
(4)
YA
About to be executed for losing her virginity, Ava flees her home, a patriarchal spaceship, and ends up on Earth, rescued by a tough mail sloop captain and her precocious daughter, Miyole. But when the captain is killed in a hurricane, Ava and Miyole must go on alone. A subtheme about sexuality is insufficiently developed in this otherwise engaging coming-of-age adventure.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
3 reviews
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