THE MARROW THIEVES: FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES
RECOMMENDED READING
TITLE: Trail of Lightning
AUTHOR: Rebecca Roanhorse SUMMARY: When a small town needs her help in finding a missing girl, Maggie Hoskie, a Dinetah monster hunter, reluctantly enlists the help of an unconventional medicine man to uncover the terrifying truth behind the disappearance and her own past. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check out the ebook or from OverDrive or check it out from NC's library |
TITLE: Station Eleven
AUTHOR: Emily St. John Mandel SUMMARY: In a future in which a pandemic has left few survivors, actress Kirsten Raymonde, having witnessed paparazzo-turned-EMT Jeevan Chaudhary try to save the life of actor Arthur Leander after he suffered a heart attack on stage, travels with a troupe performing Shakespeare and finds herself in a community in which a prophet will not let anyone leave alive. Includes subplots about Jeevan as he watches the world change from the pandemic and Arthur before his death. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check out the ebook or audiobook or from OverDrive via Spokane Public Library |
TITLE: The Road
AUTHOR: Cormac McCarthy SUMMARY: Apocalypse grips the earth; wildlife has disappeared; and starvation prevails. Amidst this bleak backdrop, a man and his young son slowly make their way toward the coast. Avoiding roves of marauding cannibals and fighting off starvation, they gain hope and stamina in knowing they are some of the remaining few virtuous people. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check out the ebook or audiobook or from OverDrive or check it out from NC's library |
TITLE: Never Let Me Go
AUTHOR: Kazuo Ishiguro SUMMARY: A reunion with two childhood friends draws Kathy and her companions on a nostalgic odyssey into their lives at Hailsham, an isolated private school in the English countryside, and a confrontation with the truth about their childhoods. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check out the ebook or audiobook or from OverDrive or check it out from NC's library |
TITLE: The Dreamers
AUTHOR: Karen Thompson Walker SUMMARY: Presents the story of a student in an isolated Southern California college town who witnesses a strange sleeping illness that subjects patients to life-altering, heightened dreams. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check out the ebook from OverDrive or check it out from NC's library |
TITLE: The Fever
AUTHOR: Megan Abbott SUMMARY: A small town becomes unraveled after a young teen has a scary, unexplained seizure in her high school class and rumors of a hazardous illness quickly move through the school and the community, spreading hysteria and destroying friendships and families. WHERE TO FIND THE BOOK: Check out the ebook from OverDrive or check it out from NC's library |