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Dystopian Delights


Maybe it has something to do with entering middle school or the onset of teenage angst, but the future doesn't always look so bright and rosy for young readers. Which is probably why novels set in dark, foreboding future worlds — like Suzanne Collins's riveting Hunger Games series — are so popular. Check out our selection of dystopian delights for kids!

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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2)
by Suzanne Collins
Staff Pick
Never have I been more excited for a sequel to be released than after I read Hunger Games, and thankfully, Suzanne Collins delivered. I burned through Catching Fire like it was on fire, hurtling through the revelations and heart-stopping twist. I am... (read more)

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The Hunger Games (Hunger Games #01)
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games #01)
by Suzanne Collins
Staff Pick
Destined for widespread popularity and quite possibly a little controversy, this post-apocalyptic tale about teenagers who fight to the death to help feed their families is so riveting and heartbreaking, I ceased all essential functions until I finished... (read more)

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Unwind
Unwind
by Neal Shusterman
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Something bad is happening to the world. Trees are dying. Cancer is on the rise and becoming more aggressive. Kesla saw that first hand as she watched her father die from the disease. Science offers no answers. Then fifteen-year-old Kelsa meets a boy. He'... (read more)

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The Tripods (Book 1): The White Mountains
The Tripods (Book 1): The White Mountains
by John Christopher
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Long ago, the Tripods--huge, three-legged machines--descended upon Earth and took control. Now people unquestioningly accept the Tripods' power. They have no control over their thoughts or their lives. But for a brief time in each person's life--in... (read more)

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Uglies
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
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Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license — for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you... (read more)

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The House of the Scorpion
The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
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M. Sindy Felin’s National Book Award finalist is in paperback for the first time. Karina has plenty to worry about on the last day of seventh grade: finding three Ds and a C on her report card again, getting laughed at by everyone again, being sent... (read more)

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How I Live Now
How I Live Now
by Meg Rosoff
Staff Pick
A gritty, funny, and widely influential novel (it caused quite a stir!) that I guarantee you'll read time and time again. Powerful and worthy of many re-readings.... (read more)

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The Giver
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
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Winner of the Newbery Medal and named as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Lowry's unforgettable tale introduces 12-year-old Jonas, who is singled out by his community to be trained by The Giver.... (read more)

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The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking Trilogy #01
The Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking Trilogy #01
by Patrick Ness
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Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the... (read more)

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The City of Ember
The City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau
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Medford lives on a neat, orderly island calledsimplyIsland.      Islanders like names that say exactly what a thing (or a person) is or does. Medford Runyuin is different. A foundling, he has a meaningless name that is just one of... (read more)

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Life as We Knew It
Life as We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonalds still would be open. High school sophomore Mirandas disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, the way “one marble hits another... (read more)

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Feed
Feed
by M. T. Anderson
Staff Pick
If you had your iPod touch, email, bank account, and family business all organized and recorded in an implant at the base of your neck, what would your world look like? Would you even bother talking? Would you care? Take a peek at our future and ask the... (read more)

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Among the Hidden:  The Shadow Children Book One (Shadow Children #01)
Among the Hidden: The Shadow Children Book One (Shadow Children #01)
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Medford lives on a neat, orderly island calledsimplyIsland.      Islanders like names that say exactly what a thing (or a person) is or does. Nothing less.      Islanders like things (and people) to do what their... (read more)

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Tomorrow, When the War Began: Tomorrow #01
Tomorrow, When the War Began: Tomorrow #01
by John Marsden
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Are you waiting impatiently for the final volume of Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games? Looking for something to tide you over in the meanwhile? Look no further! John Marsden's Tomorrow series has what you need: near-death adventure, a dangerous and... (read more)

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The Declaration
The Declaration
by Gemma Malley
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In the year 2140, it is illegal to be young. Children are all but extinct. The world is a better place. Longevity drugs are a fountain of youth. Sign the Declaration, agree not to have children and you too can live forever. Refuse, and you will live as... (read more)

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Little Brother
Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow
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Little Brother, Cory Doctorow's acclaimed YA science fiction novel, has been optioned for film by producer Don Murphy (Natural Born Killers, The Transformers). Long before the cameras roll on that feature, however, Little Brother has been adapted to the... (read more)

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The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Trilogy #01)
The Maze Runner (Maze Runner Trilogy #01)
by James Dashner
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A mysterious and powerful fantasy adventure from a Schneider Award winner In the near future, most of the population of the United States has been destroyed by the plague. The few remaining survivors live in colonies on the barrier islands off the East... (read more)

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The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
by Nancy Farmer
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The year is 2194, and Tendai, his brother, and his sister — the children of Zimbabwei's chief of security — have escaped from their father's estate to explore the dangerous city of Harare. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm was a Newbery Honor Book... (read more)

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Shade's Children
Shade's Children
by Garth Nix
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The Key to Survival Rests in the Hands of Shade's Children In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no child shall live a day past his fourteenth birthday. On that Sad Birthday, the child is the object of an obscene harvest... (read more)

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Gathering Blue
Gathering Blue
by Lois Lowry
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Living with a twisted leg in a world where the weak are cast aside, Kira fears for her future until she is spared. A gifted weaver, Kira is given a task that no other community member can do.... (read more)

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