In the Upperworld, the privileged 1% are getting ready to abandon a devastated planet Earth. And Cam can’t wait to leave. After sleeping through a 1,000-year journey, he and his friends will have a pristine new planet to colonize. And no more worries about the Lowerworld and its 99% of rejects.

Then Cam sees a banned video feed of protesters in the Lowerworld who also want a chance at a new life. And he sees a girl with golden eyes who seems to be gazing straight through the feed directly at him. A girl he has to find. Sofie.

When Cam meets Sofie, she opens his eyes to the unfairness of what’s happening in their world, and Cam joins her cause for Lowerworld rights. He also falls hard for Sofie. But Sofie has her own battles to fight, and when it’s time to board the spaceships, Cam is alone.

Waking up 1,000 years in the future, Cam discovers that he and his shipmates are far off-course, trapped on an unknown and hostile planet. Who has sabotaged their ship? And does it have anything to do with Sofie, and the choices—and enemies—he made in the past?

PUBLISHER AND ACCOLADES

Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster), September 2017

“A unique spin on the sci-fi trope of exploring new worlds, as much of the action is focused on humanity’s weaknesses. Insightful backstories aid in rooting for (and against) the main characters. Even minor characters come alive with humanity under the author’s deft workmanship.”
—School Library Journal

“Brings new meaning to ‘star-crossed lovers’—read it for the intriguing concepts that play out behind the romance.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Bellin has created a fantastic world, one highlighting socioeconomic and racial inequalities that you see today but in a space opera, where corporations run the world. Fans of sci-fi stories that touch on contemporary issues will be intrigued by this title.”
—Booklist

“This is a suspenseful, powerful, and captivating sci-fi story that dramatically explores the tension between a privileged 1% and the rest of humanity.”
—Kids’ Book Buzz

“This remarkable book takes us into a world where a small percentage of the world’s population live in comfort and the rest scrabble for survival.”
—Through the Looking Glass

“This was a dramatic and thrilling story. I thoroughly enjoyed the surprising plot twists and suspense. Great pacing leads to a finale that comes too soon to this impressive, standalone story.”
—SciFi Chick

“With clear and disturbing parallels to our current political and environmental realities, Freefall uses the darkness of space to do what all good science fiction should: shine a light on what it means to be human.”
—Guys Lit Wire

In a future world of dust and ruin, fourteen-year-old Querry Genn struggles to recover the lost memory that might save the human race.

Querry is a member of Survival Colony Nine, one of the small, roving groups of people who outlived the wars and environmental catastrophes that destroyed the old world. The commander of Survival Colony Nine is his father, Laman Genn, who runs the camp with an iron will. He has to—because heat, dust, and starvation aren’t the only threats in this ruined world.

There are also the Skaldi.

Monsters with the ability to infect and mimic human hosts, the Skaldi appeared on the planet shortly after the wars of destruction. No one knows where they came from or what they are. But if they’re not stopped, it might mean the end of humanity.

Six months ago, Querry had an encounter with the Skaldi—and now he can’t remember anything that happened before then. If he can recall his past, he might be able to find the key to defeat the Skaldi.

If he can’t, he’s their next victim.

PUBLISHER AND ACCOLADES

Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster), September 2014

• Nominated for a 2014 Cli-Fi Award

“With each description, the Skaldi menace becomes more vivid and horrifying—especially because it’s so hard for characters to tell if someone they know has become possessed. The ending doesn’t explain everything, but it is action-packed and completes Querry’s emotional arc. Readers won’t want to face the terrifying Skaldi, but they’ll enjoy reading about them.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Tantalizing mysteries abound among the human and inhuman inhabitants of the bleak landscape, and the postapocalyptic plot is satisfyingly full of twists.”
—Booklist

“Survival Colony 9 will appeal to sci-fi fans who will anxiously await the planned sequel.”
—School Library Journal

“Simply put, Survival Colony 9 is a masterpiece. It’s smart, beautiful, and heart-wrenching.  Joshua Bellin raises questions about humanity and life, in addition to describing a bleak world of his own.”
—The Young Folks

“Survival Colony 9 was everything I hoped it would be. Scary, suspenseful and also thought provoking.”
—Teaching My Baby to Read

“This book was ridiculously fun to read. I’m not sure what that says about me, because it’s actually both bleak (dystopian is an understatement) and scary (the Skaldi are terrifying), but I had the best time with this book.”
—Kelly Vision

Querry Genn is running out of time. He may have defeated a nest of the monstrous Skaldi, but that doesn’t mean he has any more answers to who he is. And Querry’s mother, Aleka, isn’t talking. Instead, she’s leading the colony through a wasteland of unfamiliar territory.

When they reach Aleka’s destination, everything Querry believed about his past is challenged. In the middle of a burned-out desert, an entire compound of humans has survived with plenty of food and equipment. But the colonists find no welcome there, especially from Mercy, the granddaughter of the compound’s leader. The more Querry learns about Mercy and her colony, the more he uncovers the gruesome secrets that haunt her past—and his own.

With threats mounting from the Skaldi and the other humans, Querry must grapple with the past and fight to save the future in this gripping conclusion to the Survival Colony novels.

PUBLISHER AND ACCOLADES

Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster), August 2016

“Even better than its predecessor. Bellin has a talent for world-building, and questions from the first book have intriguing answers. The addition of dynamic new characters will further enhance readers’ experience.”
—School Library Journal

“Give the duology to teens looking for dystopias featuring terrifying aliens, scientific progress gone awry, and great character development.”
—Booklist

“If Survival Colony 9 was close to perfection, then Scavenger of Souls was absolutely terrific.”
—Bibliobibuli YA