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WhoNeedsSleep
Since: Aug, 2011
14th Aug, 2011 02:57:51 AM
the first one is almost definitely the first book in the Remnants series. It's by K.A Applegate. Did the guy have a weird name? (Jobs?) If i'm right, there are 14 in the series.
Can't help you with the second one though, sorry.
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NoctePluvia
Since: Aug, 2011
16th Aug, 2011 09:01:28 AM
That's it for the first one! Thank you! :D
1. A book where the Earth is about to be hit with an asteroid. Told from the POV of a teenage boy. There's a spaceship that can save a certain number of people. The boy and his parents have tickets. After the rocket takes off, the asteroid hits the Earth and Earth breaks apart. The captain shoots himself in the head. The boy is watching the news from the ship where he can see a girl he likes in California filming as the asteroid hits. There was a sequel to the book.
2. A short story where the King has put clues up in the town as some sort of contest. The clues are words hidden in various public places, one of which is a playground. A little girl finds all of the clues after an eccentric inventor tells her to read between the lines.
Edited by NoctePluvia