Clean Young Adult (Rated mature due to themes including labor camps, starvation, and gun violence) Pangaea: While the Earth Burns follows Alex, a sixteen-year-old thrust into an impossible situation. On a dying Earth, where relentless heat and dwindling resources push humanity to the brink, Alex's mother makes a heartbreaking choice: signing him over to the government's Relocation Program in exchange for vital food and air vouchers to save his younger sisters from starvation. Promised a fresh start on Pangaea, a newly colonized planet, Alex instead finds himself trapped in a brutal labor camp designed to exploit the vulnerable for the colony's gain. Survival demands submission, and fragile alliances can mean the difference between life and death. But rebellion is stirring, and as Alex uncovers the sinister truth behind Pangaea's operations, he must decide if he's willing to risk everything to ignite a revolution that could change the fate of thousands.