RIYL+Dystopian

RIYL Hunger Games RIYL Hunger Games (SHS) RIYL 1984

** Read if you Like Divergent ** Junior High School


 * UTOPIA ** : an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect

// DYSTOPIA //** : ** **an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives**
// The Books of Ender // // The Tripods Series // // The Hunger Games Trilogy // // The Matched Trilogy // // The Maze Runner Series // // The City of Ember Series // __ The House of the Scorpion __ __ The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm __ __ Incarceron __ __ Sapphique __ // The Shadow Children Series // __ Running out of Time __ // The Giver Quartet // // Legend Series // __ Tomorrow, When the War Began __ __ Life as we Knew It (series) __ __ The Last Book in the Universe __ // The Divergent Series // // The Unwind Dystology // // The Uglies Series //
 * Card, Orson Scott **
 * Christopher, John **
 * Collins, Suzanne **
 * Conde, Ally **
 * Dashner, James **
 * DuPrau, Jeanne **
 * Farmer, Nancy **
 * Fisher, Catherine **
 * Haddix, Margaret **
 * Lowry, Lois **
 * Lu, Marie **
 * Marsden, John **
 * Pfeffer, Susan Beth **
 * Philbrik, Rodman **
 * Roth, Veronica **
 * Schusterman, Neal **
 * Westerfield, Scott **

// Senior High School // UTOPIA OR DYSTOPIA?

What does the future hold…? __The Diary of Pelly D __ by L.J. Adlington __The Handmaid’s Tale __ by Margaret Atwood __Fahrenheit 451 __ by Bradbury, Ray __The Supernaturalist __ by Eoin Colfer __The City of Ember __ by Jeanne DuPrau __The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm __ by Nancy Farmer __The Dirt Eaters __ by Dennis Foon __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">The Beach __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Alex Garland __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Among the Hidden __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> (Shadowchildren Series) by Margaret Haddix __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Brave New World __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Aldous Huxley __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Epic __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Conor Kostick __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">This Side of Paradise __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Steven L. Layne __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">The Cure __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Sonia Levitin __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">The Giver __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Lois Lowry __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Gathering Blue __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Lois Lowry __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Messenger __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Lois Lowry __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">The Secret Under My Skin __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Janet McNaughton __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Z for Zachariah __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Robert O’Brien __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">1984 __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by George Orwell __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Last Book in the Universe __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Rodman Philbrick <span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">“Virtual War” series by Gloria Skurzynski __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Truesight __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by David Stahler __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">War of the Worlds __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by H.G. Wells __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Uglies __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Scott Westerfeld __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Pretties __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Scott Westerfeld __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Specials __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Scott Westerfeld __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Extras __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Scott Westerfeld __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;">Storm Thief __<span style="font-family: &#39;Book Antiqua&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 13.3333px;"> by Chris Wooding

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">DYSTOPIAN NOVELS – Spring, 2011


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The Shadow Children // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">series, Margaret Peterson Haddix
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Dark life // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Kat Falls
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The giver // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Lois Lowry (plus sequels)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Hunger games // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Suzanne Collins (plus sequels)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The Supernaturalist // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Eoin Colfer
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Lord of the flies // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, William Golding
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// 1984 // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, George Orwell
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Animal farm // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, George Orwell
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The time machine // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, H.G. Wells
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Everlost // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Neil Shusterman
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The barcode tattoo // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, //The barcode rebellion//, Suzanne Weyn
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The last book in the universe // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Rodman Philbrick
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// A wrinkle in time // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Madeleine L’Engle (plus sequels)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The long walk // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Richard Bachman
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Uglies // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">series, Scott Westerfeld
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The Ember // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">series, Jeanne DuPrau
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The maze runner // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, James Dashner (plus sequel)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// House of stairs // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Willam Sleator
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The Tripods // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">series, John Christopher
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Feed // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, M.T. Anderson
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The forest of hands and teeth, // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Carrie Ryan (plus sequels)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Life as we knew it // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Susan Beth Pfeffer (plus sequels)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Ender’s game // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Orson Scott Card
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The House of the Scorpion // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Nancy Farmer
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Gone // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;"> series, Michael Grant
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The day of the Triffids // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, John Wyndham

The Limit by Kristen Landon

The government puts a spending limit on each family. If you go over it, they take one of your children and put them in a "work house"

where they must remain until Mom and Dad get spending under control.

Can you actually get home again?

No Child's Game: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White

Reality TV has taken a severe turn with Historical Survivor, a show that has contestants vying to survive a recreation of an historical event. A group of teens must try to survive Scott's failed Antarctic expedition, but they don't know that the producers are pulling strings to make their survival almost impossible.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">DYSTOPIAN NOVELS:


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The ShadowChildren // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">series, Margaret Peterson Haddix
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Dark life // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Kat Falls
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The giver // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Lois Lowry (plus sequels)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Hunger games // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Suzanne Collins (plus sequels)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Lord of the flies // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, William Golding
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// 1984 // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, George Orwell
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Animal farm // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, George Orwell
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The time machine // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, H.G. Wells
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Fahrenheit 451 // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Ray Bradbury
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Brave new world // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Aldous Huxley
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Everlost // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Neil Shusterman
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The barcode tattoo // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, //The barcode rebellion//, Suzanne Weyn
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The handmaid’s tale // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Margaret Atwood
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// I am legend // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Richard Matheson
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// A clockwork orange // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Anthony Burgess
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The last book in the universe // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Rodman Philbrick
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// A wrinkle in time // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Madeleine L’Engle (plus sequels)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The running man // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Richard Bachman
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The long walk // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Richard Bachman
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The stand // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Stephen King
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Unwind // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Neal Shusterman
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Uglies // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">series, Scott Westerfeld
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The Ember // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">series, Jeanne DuPrau
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The maze runner // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, James Dashner
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// House of stairs // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Willam Sleator
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The Tripods // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">series, John Christopher
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Z for Zachariah // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Robert C. O’Brien
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Feed // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, M.T. Anderson
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The knife of never letting go // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Patrick Ness
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Snow crash // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Neal Stephenson
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The forest of hands and teeth, // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Carrie Ryan (plus sequels)
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The road // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Cormac McCarthy
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Life as we knew it // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Susan Beth Pfeffer
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Never let me // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;"> go, Kazuo Ishiguro
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Anthe // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">m, Ayn Rand
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Ender’s game // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Orson Scott Card
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The House of the Scorpion // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Nancy Farmer
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Gone // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;"> series, Michael Grant
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The other side of the island // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Allegra Goodman
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Incarceron // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Catherine Fisher
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Do androids dream of electric sheep? // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Philip K. Dick
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The adoration of Jenna Fox // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, Mary E. Pearson
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The day of the Triffids // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, John Wyndham
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The big empty // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, J.B. Stephens
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// Earth abides // <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">, George R. Stewart

The John Marsden "Tomorrow" Series is great.

Book 1: Tomorrow When the War Began

Book 2: Dead of Night

Book 3: A Killing Frost

Book 4: Darkness Be My Friend

Book 5: Burning for Revenge

Book 6: Night is for Hunting

Book 7: The Other Side of Dawn

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">// The Water Wars // <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;"> Stracher

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Uglies, Pretties, Specials (Westerfield)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">The Giver, Gathering Blue, The Messenger (Lowry)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Seeker, Jango, Noman (Nicholson)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE SUPERNATURALIST by Eoin Colfer

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">AMONG THE HIDDEN by Margaret Peterson Haddix (and sequels)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">SHADE’S CHILDREN by Garth Nix

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">MATCHED by Ally Condie

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">DELIRIUM by Lauren Oliver

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Z FOR ZACHARIAH by Robert C. O’Brien

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins (and sequels)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by Susan Beth Pfeffer (and sequels)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE COMPOUND by S. A. Bodeen

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE DECLARATION by Gemma Malley

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX by Mary Pearson

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">EVA by Peter Dickinson

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE GARDENER by S. A. Bodeen

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE ROAR by Emma Clayton

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">CITY OF EMBER by Jeanne DuPrau (and sequels)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">HOUSE OF THE SCORPION by Nancy Farmer

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">GONE by Michael Grant (and sequels)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">INCARCERON by Catherine Fisher (and sequels)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">UNWIND by Neal Shusterman

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">SHIP BREAKER by Paolo Bacigalupi

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">MORTAL ENGINES by Philip Reeves (and sequels)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE EYE, THE EAR, AND THE ARM by Nancy Farmer

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND by Allegra Goodman

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">UGLIES by Scott Westerfeld (and sequels)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE BARCODE TATTOO by Suzanne Weyn

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">LITTLE BROTHER by Cory Doctorow

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">ARMAGEDDON SUMMER by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE VIRTUAL WAR CHRONOLOGS by Gloria Skurzynski

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE GIVER by Lois Lowry (and sequels)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">SURVIVING ANTARCTICA / NO CHILD’S GAME: REALITY TV 2083 by Andrea White

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">GIRL IN THE ARENA by Lise Haines

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE CLONE CODES by Patricia McKissack

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">WITCH & WIZARD by James Patterson

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">EPIC by Conor Kostick

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">MAXIMUM RIDE by James Patterson (and sequels)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE LAST BOOK IN THE UNIVERSE by Rodman Philbrick

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">SKINNED by Robin Wasserman

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">CHASED by Robin Wasserman

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">WAR OF THE WORLDS by H. G. Wells

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">STORM THIEF by Chris Wooding

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">THE HOST by Stephanie Meyer

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">NATION by Terry Pratchett

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead

<span style="font-family: &#39;Comic Sans MS&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Among the Hidden series by Margaret Peterson

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Atherton Series by Patrick Carman

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Ember series by Jeanne Duprau

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">The Chrysalids by John Whyndam

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Giver by Lois Lowry

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Among the Hidden series by Haddix

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">The Chrysalids by John Whyndam

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Everlost by Neal Shusterman

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Unwind by Neal Shusterman

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">The House of Stairs by William Sleator

The Carbon Diaries, Saci Lloyd

Feed, M.T. Anderson

The Giver, Lois Lowry

The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer

How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff

Life as We Knew It, Susan Beth Pfeffer

Matched, Ally Condie

The Maze Runner, James Dashner

Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi

Unwind, Neal Shusterman

Ness. Knife of Never Letting Go (first in the Chaos Walking series)

*****

The following are recommended by the library staff at Foster City Library as being very appropriate for 7th and 8th grade.

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">I am number four / Pittacus Lore (A movie based upon this book is out in theaters now)


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Bunker 10 / J.A. Henderson


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Something is going terribly wrong at the top secret Pinewood Military Installation, and the teenage geniuses who study and work there are about to discover a horrible truth as they lead a small military force trying to retrieve data and escape before the compound self-destructs. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">The giver / Lois Lowry


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Life as we knew it / Susan Beth Pfeffer


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">When a meteor pushes the moon closer to the earth, setting into motion a series of destructive weather events that wipe out coasts, rock the continents, and block out the sun, Miranda and her family must find a way to survive in a desperate and unfamiliar world. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Unwind / Neal Shusterman


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">The adoration of Jenna Fox / Mary E. Pearson


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">The Gardener / S.A. Bodeen


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">When high school sophomore Mason finds a beautiful but catatonic girl in the nursing home where his mother works, the discovery leads him to revelations about a series of disturbing human experiments that have a connection to his own life. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Trash / Andy Mulligan


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it. Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael's world turns upside down. A small leather bag falls into his hands. It's a bag of clues. It's a bag of hope. It's a bag that will change everything. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Among the hidden / Margaret Peterson Haddix


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Little Brother / Cory Doctorow.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">After being interrogated by the Department of Homeland Security after a terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, uses his expertise in computer hacking to set things right. **

Gone by Michael Grant


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">When everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears from a California town, a battle erupts between the remaining residents and the students from a local school, as well as those who have "The Power" and those who do not **

Feed by MT Anderson


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Ship Breaker / by Paolo Bacigalupi.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">The Uglies by Westerfeld


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Mortal Engines : a novel / by Philip Reeve


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Xisle / by Steve Augarde.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Ever since the floods came and washed the world away, survivors have been desperate to win a place on X-Isle, the island where life is rumoured to be easier than on what's left of the mainland. Only young boys are in with a chance, the smaller and lighter the better. Baz and Ray are two of the lucky few to be chosen. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">The Unidentified / Rae Mariz


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Fifteen-year-old Katey (aka Kid) goes to school in the Game—a mall converted into a “school” run by corporate sponsors. As the students play their way through the levels, they are also creating products and being used for market research by the sponsors, who are watching them 24/7 on video cameras. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Brave New World / Aldous Huxley (advanced readers, obviously)

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Exodus / Julie Bertagna.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">In the year 2100, Mara discovers the existence of sky cities that are safe from storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel from their threatened island to one of these cities in order to save themselves. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Skinned / Robin Wasserman.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">When Lia Kahn's wealthy parents pay to have her brain transplanted into a new, human-looking body that never ages, the life that Lia knew is forever changed as she faces prejudice from all sides because of what she has become. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">The Maze Runner / James Dashner.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Matched / Ally Condie.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her, so when Xander appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate--until Ky Markham's face appears for an instant before the screen fades to black. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">Birthmarked / Caragh M. O'Brien.


 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">When her midwife mother is forcibly taken away by the very people she serves, sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone starts to question the role of the Enclave and whether it deserves the loyalty her family has so faithfully given. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;">The Compound / S.A. Bodeen. **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: 10pt;">After spending six years with his parents and his two sisters in an underground compound built by his father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, Eli discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.