When New York City is destroyed by wars and plagues, its citizens take cover in underground enclaves. Fifteen-year-old Deuce is given the role of Huntress and must provide food for her enclave while avoiding the tunnel monsters known as Freaks. When Deuce and her partner, Fade, are exiled from the enclave, they must learn to survive in the world of light, confronting dangers - and feelings - they have never known before.
If You Liked the Hunger Games
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For years, Mary and her family have lived within the fences of their village. The fences are designed to protect them from the Forest of Hands and Teeth, home to the Unconsecrated - flesh-eating zombies. When the fence is breached, Mary and her family must decide whether it is safer to stay in the village or whether they should escape to the world beyond their borders and start a new life.
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Marcus, screen name “w1n5t0n,” is a teenage hacker who can easily circumvent his high school’s surveillance system. One day, Marcus is caught up in a terrorist attack. He and his friends are taken to a secret prison by the Department of Homeland Security. Upon his release, he discovers the city has become a police state, and everyone is suspected of being a terrorist. Is he savvy enough to take down the corrupt government?
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In the year 2140, longevity drugs have all but eliminated old age. The law forbids people from having children, but some choose to do so anyway. These children, called “surpluses,” live at Grange Hall, justifying their existence by working as servants. Then a boy named Peter arrives claiming there is a world outside the hall where the idea of people living forever is considered wrong. He tells Anna there is an underground group trying to overthrow the government and asks her to escape with him. Can she trust him?
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As the polar ice caps melt, Mara’s island home is sinking beneath the ocean. Mara believes there is a New World of cities rising out of the sea where refugees can find safety. In order to save her people, Mara sets off on a perilous journey to find a new home.
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In Rhine’s world, females only live to age 20 and males to age 25, thanks to a virus caused by a genetic experiment gone wrong that was meant to create a perfect human race. Rhine is kidnapped and forced into a polygamous marriage with wealthy Linden Ashby, whose sinister father will stop at nothing to find a cure. Rhine dreams of escaping and reuniting with her brother. Can she make it out alive?
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Love is a disease. At least, that’s what Lena’s always been told. When she turns eighteen, she will receive the “cure,” a process designed to prevent her from ever falling in love. But a chance meeting with a rebel named Alex has Lena questioning everything she’s ever been told about love.
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Lyn has grown up in a world of violence, televised by the Gladiator Sports Association. Her mother has made a career out of being a gladiator’s wife. But when Lyn’s seventh father is killed during a fight, his opponent captures Lyn’s dowry bracelet, forcing her to marry him - unless she can defeat him in the ring. A chilling look at society’s fascination with violence.
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In this futuristic novel, everyone has computer chips implanted in their heads, sending them feeds of information the government wants them to know. When Titus meets Violet, he is surprised to hear she is against the feeds. When the feeds malfunction, Titus learns what it’s like to go against the government.
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Troubled teen Daisy is sent to England to live with her aunt and cousins she’s never met. Soon after she arrives, London is attacked with bombs. With her aunt away on business, Daisy and her cousins enjoy their freedom despite the war going on around them. But when the cousins are separated, can Daisy stay alive and bring her family back together?
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One fateful day, everyone over age 13 simply vanishes, along with cell phones, TV, and the Internet. The animals begin mutating and the children show signs of strange abilities. As sides begin to form - bullies against the weak, rich against poor - Sam and his friends must figure out what is happening, before he disappears on his next birthday.
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In Yellowstone National Park, the hot springs and geysers are caused by an underlying supervolcano. Alex's perfect weekend of freedom with no parents around, hanging out with friends and playing video games is interrupted when the supervolcano erupts, covering the town is darkness and ash. To find his family, Alex must brave the violence in the streets to search for them, hoping he can survive.
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Saba lives in the desert with her father, twin brother Lugh, younger sister Emmi and pet crow Nero. The lake that is their main source of water and food is drying up due to lack of rain, but Saba's father refuses to leave the place where he buried his wife, Allis, who died giving birth to Emmi. While Saba has always hated Emmi, blaming her for their mother's death, she adores Lugh. So when her father is killed and Lugh is kidnapped by raiders, Saba sets out on a quest to resuce her twin. Along the way, she encounters challenges she never expected, including a possible romance.
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In this dystopian novel, unwanted teens are “unwound,” their body parts harvested for medical use. Connor’s parents think he’s too much trouble, Risa is an orphan being unwound to cut costs, and Levi’s unwinding has been planned since he was born as part of his parents’ religious beliefs. To save their lives, the three go on the run. If they live to see their eighteenth birthdays, they are safe. But eighteen feels far away...
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In Todd Hewitt’s world, all the women are dead, and men and animals can hear each other’s thoughts, or Noise. One month from becoming a man, Todd discovers there is something the men in town are hiding from him, so he and his faithful dog run away. Todd discovers something he never expected to see: a girl. Why wasn’t she killed by the germ that killed the rest of the women? As Todd and the girl, Viola, flee from the corrupt town mayor and overzealous priest pursuing them, Todd begins to learn that everything he’s ever been told is a lie.
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In this dystopian novel, education has been taken over by big corporations, and shopping malls have been turned into schools. Students play video games and post status updates on feeds that are monitored 24/7 for market research. When a group called the Unidentified pulls a prank challenging people to think for themselves, Kid’s curiosity leads her to question the way her society operates.
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Tally can’t wait to turn sixteen so she can undergo surgery to become pretty. She’ll get to leave Uglyville behind and live in New Pretty Town, where her only responsibility will be to have fun. But Tally’s friend Shay doesn’t want to become pretty. When Shay runs away to a rebel camp called “the Smoke,” Tally is ordered to bring her back. But as she gets to know the rebels, Tally discovers becoming pretty comes at a price.
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In Tris’s world, people are divided into five factions based on personality traits: Dauntless (bravery), Candor (honesty), Abnegation (selflessness), Erudite (intelligence) and Amity (peacefulness). Each year, all sixteen-year-olds must choose the faction they feel they belong to. It turns out Tris is divergent - not suited to one particular faction, a dangerous trait to have as it makes her less susceptible to the manipulations of her new faction’s leaders. Tris’s loyalties to both her faction and her family are tested as she struggles survive in a corrupt society.
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