Dystopian Fiction
Still waiting to read "Mockingjay" the third title in Suzanne Collins "Hunger Games" trilogy? Or maybe you have read it already and you're looking for what to read next? Some dystopian fiction may be just what you're looking for!
Dystopian Fiction is often futuristic and cautionary, describing what will happen if we take things too far. The following titles explore technology gone bad, totalitarian governments, a world with no moon and more.
Uglies Series - Scott Westerfeld
In a futuristic world everyone at the age of 16 has surgery to turn them into Pretties... but not all Uglies want to be Pretties....and the Smokies want everyone to be individuals in a free world. An exciting and thought provoking series. The latest one, Extras, has just been released!... and it's a fast paced, page turner too!
The Maze Runner - James Dashner
Thomas wakes up in an elevator remembering nothing but his own name. He emerges into a world of teen boys who have learned to survive inside a maze callled 'The Glade" They are beginning to give up hope when a comatose girl arrives with a strange note. Lots of fast paced action in this book!
The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
Tom is the only boy in a town of men where everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts. When he is a month away from becoming a man, he finds out the town is hiding something from him... something awful. Tom runs away with his dog and meets an eerie, silent creature: a girl! Who is she and why wasn't she killed by a germ like all the females in New World? A thriller with a horrible secret.
Life As We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer
In high school, Miranda is not paying much attention to global concerns as she has problems to deal with in her own world like a date for the Prom and worrying about her friend, Megan. Then life is turned upside down when catastrophe strikes... a meteor collides with the moon and brings on a destruction of the modern world and all its' technological conviences. At the end, this book may leave you stunned!
The Gone Novels - Michael Grant
In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears, is gone....except for the teens, middle schoolers, toddlers. All the adults are gone: no teachers, cops, doctors. Technology is gone: no internet, phones, television. No way to find out what has happened. Hunger looms, and so does a sinister creature. Animals are mutating and so are the teens. Teens are developing new talents...unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers... that grow stronger everyday. And all of this is only in book one!
A thrilling, nail biting series that is sure to keep you at the edge of your seat. Book #4, 'Plague', will be available on April 5, 2011. Watch for it.
Helen
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