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The Drowned Cities

Paolo Bacigalupi

2012·young adult

Fantasy Science Fiction

In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely escape the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities, but their fragile safety is soon threatened and Mahlia will have to risk everything if she is to save Mouse, as he once saved her.

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Cover of The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi

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The Drowned Cities

Paolo Bacigalupi

Year

2012

Audience

young adult

Fantasy Science Fiction

Description

In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely escape the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities, but their fragile safety is soon threatened and Mahlia will have to risk everything if she is to save Mouse, as he once saved her.

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