Theme: Survive

The Inferior

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

STOPMOUTH AND HIS family know of no other life than the daily battle to survive. To live, they must hunt rival species, or negotiate flesh-trade with those who crave meat of the freshest human kind. It is a savage, desperate existence. And for Stopmouth, considered slowwitted hunt-fodder by his tribe, the future looks especially bleak. [...]

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Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When Knut was born, the first polar bear cub at the Berlin Zoo in more than thirty years, he was no bigger than a snowball and unable to care for himself. His mother, a rescued East German circus bear, didn’t know how to take care of Knut and rejected him. Knut would have died if [...]

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Burning For Revenge

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: July 2, 2007

The Tomorrow series #5. The journey to Stratton isn’t an easy trip, especially when the enemy’s headquarters lie somewhere on the way. And that’s exactly where Ellie and her friends unwittingly find themselves right in the middle of a heavily fortified airfield.

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Tomorrow When The War Began

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: June 20, 2007

When Ellie and her friends go camping, they have no idea they’re leaving their old lives behind forever. Despite a food shortage and a secret crush or two, everything goes as planned. Before long, they realize the country has been invaded, and their entire town has been captured.

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