Books like After the red rain by Barry Lyga
Barry Lyga’s *After the Red Rain* paints a bleak future where environmental collapse and mass poverty dominate everyday life. Within this setting, a boy named Rose begins to awaken strange powers that threaten to reshape society. A group of teenage friends navigate a world where survival depends on confronting both the external challenges of a dystopian environment and the internal struggles of identity, loyalty, and hope.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Science Fiction
Authors: Barry Lyga
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