Collection Guide: Dystopian

Classic science-fiction stories, set anywhere except Earth. 

Trailer for the movie The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (2005).

This series centres on the adventures of Maximum "Max" Ride and her family, called the Flock, who are winged human-avian hybrids at a lab called The School. 

Trailer for the movie Maximum Ride (2016). 

Dystopian novels explore social and political structures in an often dark and frightening world. 

What happens when Utopia goes too far? Powerful governments, extreme population control, and underground rebellions. 

Trailer for the movie Fahrenheit 451 (2018).

What if you could receive a phone call to tell you that today is your last day alive?

Little Book Owl's review of They Both Die at the End

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Wren (Lauren) James introduces her book The Quiet at the End of the World. Youtube video (5min.). 

Seen the movie? Read the series!

BBC series trailer for The War of the Worlds (2019).