The Diary of Pelly D
by L. J. Adlington
Call number: ADLINGT
When Toni V, a construction worker on a futuristic colony, finds the diary of a teenage girl whose life has been turned upside down by holocaust-like events, he begins to question his own beliefs.
Feed
by M.T. Anderson
Call number: ANDERSO
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.
London Calling
by Edward Bloor
Call number: BLOOR
Seventh-grader Martin Conway believes that his life is monotonous and dull until the night the antique radio he uses as a nightlight transports him to the bombing of London in 1940.
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
Call number: CARD
An outstanding tale of the child-hero Ender Wiggin, who must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive. Winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards.
Things Not Seen
by Andrew Clements
Call number: CLEMENT
When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Call number: COLLINS
Sixteen-year-old Katniss accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.
The Sky Inside
by Clare B. Dunkle
Call number: DUNKLE
Martin lives in a perfect world -- until the day a stranger arrives to take away all of the little children, including Martin's sister.
The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
Call number: FARMER
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
Among the Hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Series: Shadow Children
Call number: HADDIX
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. Sequels follow.
Siberia
by Ann Halam
Call number: HALAM
After spending two years at a prison school, thirteen-year-old Sloe sets off on a trek across frozen wastelands, tending to the secret "seeds" of wild animals her mother left in her care, trying to reach a new life for all of them.
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
Series: The Giver Trilogy
Call number: LOWRY
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. Newbery Medal Winner, 1994. Sequels follow.
Secret Under My Skin
by Janet McNaughton
Call number: MCNAUGH
In the year 2368, humans exist under dire environmental conditions and one young woman, rescued from a work camp and chosen for a special duty, uses her love of learning to discover the truth about the planet's future and her own dark past.
The Knife of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness
Call number: NESS
Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.
The Transall Saga
by Gary Paulsen
Call number: PAULSEN
While backpacking in the desert, thirteen-year-old Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world, where he must use his knowledge and skills to survive.
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Call number: PFEFFER
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Sequel follows.
The Last Book in the Universe
by W. Rodman Philbrick
Call number: PHILBRI
After an earthquake has destroyed much of the planet, an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to the Earth of a distant future.
Uglies
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Series: Uglies
Call number: WESTERF
In a world in which everyone is transformed into a stunning beauty at age 16, Tally has doubts.
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