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(4) YA In 2100, oceans engulf the earth. After her tiny island is submerged, fifteen-year-old Mara leads her community to an elevated city surrounded by dying refugees. Denied entry above, she joins a counterculture living in the wreckage below and seeks answers in cyberspace. Despite slightly wooden characters and overwrought prose, the vividly detailed post-apocalyptic setting is both fascinating and challenging.

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