Dystopian Science Fiction for Middle and High School Hunger Games Fans and Others: Book titles presented by Bonnie Kunzel, Sharon Rawlins and Liz Burns accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation of the book covers on opular dystopian science fiction, as can be seen by the growing number of titles in this category.

1. NJASL 2013 - DYSTOPIAN SCIENCE FICTION
FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
Liz Burns (eburns@njstatelib.org)
Susan Fichtelberg (sfichtelberg@woodbridgelibrary.org)
Bonnie Kunzel (bkunzel@aol.com
Sharon Rawlins (srawlins@njstatelib.org)
Dystopia is a form of literature that explores social and political
structures. It is a creation of a nightmare world - unlike its opposite,
Utopia, which is an ideal world. Dystopia is often characterized by an
authoritarian or totalitarian form of government. It often features
different kinds of repressive social control systems, a lack or total
absence of individual freedoms and expressions, and a state of
constant warfare or violence. Many novels combine both Dystopia
and Utopia, often as a metaphor for the different directions humanity
can take in its choices, ending up with one of the two possible futures.
[Goodreads]
Albin, Gennifer. Crewel. Crewel World #1. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. (Gr. 7-10)
Sequel: Altered, 2013.
Anderson, M. T. Feed. Candlewick, 2002. (Gr. 9+)
Bacigalupi, Paolo. The Drowned Cities. Ship Breaker #2. Little, Brown, 2012. (Gr. 9+)
Sequel to: Ship Breaker, 2010.
Black, Jenna. Replica. Tor Teen, 2013. (Gr. 8+) Sequel: Resistance, 2014.
Bracken, Alexandra. The Darkest Minds. The Darkest Minds Trilogy #1. Disney, 2012.
(Gr. 9+) Sequel: Never Fade, 2013.
Bruchac, Joseph. Killer of Enemies. Tu Books, 2013. (Gr. 7+)
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2. Charbonneau, Joelle. The Testing. The Testing Trilogy #1 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2013. (Gr. 7+) Sequels: #2 Independent Study, 2014. #3 Graduation Day, 2014.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Hunger Games Trilogy #1. Scholastic, 2008.
(Gr. 9+) Sequels: #2 Catching Fire, 2009. #3 Mockingjay, 2010.
Condie, Ally. Matched. Matched Trilogy #1. Dutton, 2010. (Gr. 9+) Sequels: #2
Crossed, 2011. #3 Reached, 2012.
Crockett, S.D. After the Snow. Feiwel and Friends, 2012. (Gr. 8+) Prequel: One Crow
Alone, 2013.
Crossan, Sarah. Breathe. Greenwillow, 2012. (Gr. 9+) Sequel and Conclusion: Resist,
2013.
Dashner, James. The Maze Runner. Maze Runner Series #1. Delacorte, 2009. (Gr. 9+)
Sequels: #2 The Scorch Trials, 2010. #3 The Death Cure, 2011. Prequel: The Kill
Order, 2012.
Datlow, Ellen and Terri Windling. After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia.
Disney, 2012. (Gr. 9+)
DeStefano, Lauren. Sever. The Chemical Garden Trilogy #3. Simon & Schuster, 2013.
(Gr. 9+) Sequel to: #1 Wither, 2011. #2 Fever, 2012.
Falls, Kat. Inhuman. Inhuman Series #1. Scholastic, 2013. (Gr. 7+)
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3. Farmer, Nancy. The Lord of Opium. Simon & Schuster, 2013. (Gr. 7-10) Sequel to:
The House of the Scorpion, 2002. (Gr. 7-10)
Grant, Michael. Light. Gone #6. (Gr. 7-10) Katherine Tegen Books, 2013. Sequel to:
#1 Gone, 2008. #2 Hunger, 2009. #3 Lies, 2010. #4 Plague, 2011. #5 Fear, 2012.
Grant, Sara. Half Lives. Little, Brown, 2013. (Gr. 10+)
Healey, Karen. When We Wake. Little, Brown, 2013. (Gr. 8+)
Higson, Charlie. The Sacrifice. Enemy Series #4. Disney, 2013. (Gr. 9+) Other titles
in the series: #1 The Enemy, 2010. #2 The Dead, 2011. #3 The Fear, 2012. #5 The
Fallen, 2014.
Hirsch, Jeff. The Darkest Path. Scholastic, 2013. (Gr. 7+)
Hirsch, Jeff. The Eleventh Plague. Scholastic, 2011. (Gr. 7+)
Hoover, P. J. Solstice. Tor Teen, 2013. (Gr. 9+)
Kincaid, S. J. Vortex. Insignia Series #2. Katherine Tegen Books, 2013. (Gr. 8-11)
Sequel to: Insignia, 2012.
Lowry, Lois. Son. Giver #4. Houghton Mifflin, 2012. (Gr. 7-10) Sequel to: #1 The
Giver, 1993. #2 Gathering Blue, 2000. #3 The Messenger, 2004.
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4. Lu, Marie. Legend. Legend Series #1. Putnam, 2011. (Gr. 8+) Sequels: #2 Prodigy,
2013. #3 Champion, 2013.
Maberry, Jonathan. Fire & Ash. Benny Imura [Rot & Ruin] #4. Simon & Schuster,
2013. (Gr. 8+) Sequel to: #1 Rot & Ruin, 2010. #2 Dust & Decay, 2011. #3 Flesh &
Bone, 2012.
Mafi, Tahereh. Unravel Me. Shatter Me Series #2. HarperTeen, 2013. (Gr. 9+) Sequel
to: Shatter Me, 2011. Third volume due in 2014.
Martin, C. K. Kelly. Yesterday. Random House, 2012. (Gr. 10+)
McCafferty, Megan. Bumped. Balzer + Bray, 2011. (Gr. 9+) Sequel: Thumped, 2012.
Mullin, Mike. Ashfall. Ashfall Trilogy #1. Tanglewood, 2011. (Gr. 8+) Sequel: Ashen
Winter, 2012.
O Guilin, Peadar. The Deserter. David Fickling Books, 2012. (Gr. 8+) Sequel to: The
Inferior, 2008.
Oliver, Lauren. Requiem. Delirium Trilogy #3. HarperCollins, 2013. (Gr. 9+) Sequel
to: #1 Delirium, 2011. #2 Pandemonium, 2012.
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. The Shade of the Moon. Life As We Knew It Series #4. Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. (Gr. 9+) Sequel to: #1 Life As We Knew It, 2006. #2 The
Dead and the Gone, 2008. #3 This World We Live In, 2010.
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5. Price, Lissa. Starters. Starters and Enders #1. Delacorte, 2012. (Gr. 9+) Sequel:
Enders, 2014.
Roth, Veronica. Divergent. Divergent Series #1. Katherine Tegan Books, 2011.
(Gr. 9+) Sequels: #2 Insurgent, 2012. Allegiant, 2013. #4 Four: A Divergent Story
Collection, 2014.
Sanderson, Brandon. Steelheart. Steelheart Series #1. Delacorte, 2013. (Gr. 7+)
Sequel: Firefight, 2014.
Simmons, Kristen. Article 5. Article 5 Trilogy #1. Tor Teen, 2013. (Gr. 9+)
#2 Breaking Point, 2012. #3 Three, 2014.
Sequels:
Smibert, Angie. Memento Nora. Memento Nora Trilogy #1. Marshall Cavendish, 2011.
(Gr. 8+) Sequels: #2 The Forgetting Curve, 2012. #3 The Meme Plague, 2013.
Spooner, Meagan. Skylark. Skylark Trilogy #1. Carolrhoda Lab, 2012. (Gr. 9+)
Sequel: Shadowlark, 2013. Volume Three of trilogy due in 2014.
Stohl, Margaret. Icons. The Icons Series #1. Little, Brown, 2013. (BKLT (Gr. 8+)
Thomas, Lex. Quarantine: The Loners. Quarantine #1. Egmont USA, 2012. (Gr. 10+)
Sequel: Quarantine: The Saints, 2013.
Trevayne, Emma. Coda. Running Press Books, 2013. (Gr. 8+) Sequel: Chorus, 2014.
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6. Ward, Rachel. Infinity. Numbers Trilogy #3. Chicken House, 2012. (Gr. 9+) Sequel to:
#1 Numbers, 2010. #2 Chaos, 2011.
Wells, Dan. Partials. Partials Sequence #1. Balzer + Bray, 2012. (Gr. 9+) Sequels: #2
Fragments, 2013. #3 Ruins, 2014.
Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies. Uglies Series #1. Simon Pulse, 2005. (Gr. 7-10) Sequels: #2
Pretties, 2005. #3 Specials, 2006. #4 Extras, 2007.
Wooding, Chris. Pale. Stoke Books, 2012. (Gr. 6-8)
Woolston, Blythe. Black Helicopters. Candlewick, 2013. (Gr. 9+)
Yancey, Rick. The 5th Wave. The 5th Wave Series #1. Putnam, 2013. (Gr. 9+) Second
volume due in 2014.
Zhang, Kat. What’s Left of Me. The Hybrid Chronicles #1. HarperCollins, 2012. (Gr.
8+) Sequel: Once We Were, 2013.
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7. Ward, Rachel. Infinity. Numbers Trilogy #3. Chicken House, 2012. (Gr. 9+) Sequel to:
#1 Numbers, 2010. #2 Chaos, 2011.
Wells, Dan. Partials. Partials Sequence #1. Balzer + Bray, 2012. (Gr. 9+) Sequels: #2
Fragments, 2013. #3 Ruins, 2014.
Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies. Uglies Series #1. Simon Pulse, 2005. (Gr. 7-10) Sequels: #2
Pretties, 2005. #3 Specials, 2006. #4 Extras, 2007.
Wooding, Chris. Pale. Stoke Books, 2012. (Gr. 6-8)
Woolston, Blythe. Black Helicopters. Candlewick, 2013. (Gr. 9+)
Yancey, Rick. The 5th Wave. The 5th Wave Series #1. Putnam, 2013. (Gr. 9+) Second
volume due in 2014.
Zhang, Kat. What’s Left of Me. The Hybrid Chronicles #1. HarperCollins, 2012. (Gr.
8+) Sequel: Once We Were, 2013.
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