totalitarianism

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Animal farm

the graphic novel
2019
A graphic novel adaptation of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', a political satire in which the animals take over running the farm but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.

The testaments

"More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes."--Publisher description.

Maps of memory

return to Butterfly Hill
2020
After fourteen-year-old Celeste Marconi returns to Valparaiso from Maine, she decides to uncover the truth about what happened in Butterfly Hill during the dictatorship and find her missing friend, Lucila.

Gen:LOCK

2020
"The last few months have been a whirlwind for Cammie MacCloud. Ever since she agreed to join the gen:LOCK program to help fight the Union, an authoritarian force threatening the world, she's been struggling to find her place in the group. As a seventeen-year-old genius hacker, she doesn't really fit in among the other recruits: She can't shoot, she isn't the most graceful in the field, and her brash style doesn't exactly jibe with Command. But Cammie notices things the others don't, and she has the skills to investigate when something feels off ... like their latest mission, which finds them stranded at the center of a deadly storm with a Union spy in their midst"--Back cover.

A sky beyond the storm

Ember in the Ashes, Book 4
"Laia, Elias, and Helene must risk everything to defeat their foes--both human and supernatural--and prevent the coming of an otherworldly maelstrom"--Provided by publisher.
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Fahrenheit 451

A graphic novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic novel about Guy Montag, a career fireman, who realizes the evils of government-controlled thoughts and sets about to change society.

The last lie

When the rebels are captured Letta goes on the run, still striving to preserve language while the vicious new ruler of Ark plans to eliminate it once and for all.

No.6

Shion and Rat have risked everything to reach the top floor of the Correctional Facility, but their rescue attempt of Safu may have come too late as it appears the Safu they once knew is gone forever. As Rat rushes to find a way out, Shion must make a heartbreaking decision: leave, saving Rat and himself from capture, or stay with Safu and find another solution.

No.6

During the preparations for Holy Day, the mood in No. 6 is darkened by a series of strange incidents. Meanwhile, Shion and Rat meet with the "Elder," who knows the city's secrets and reveals to them the perverse origins of No. 6 and their connection to Rat's past.

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