The Hunger Games

FUTURISTIC/POST-APOCALYPTIC/DYSTOPIAN

• City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (Books of Ember Series, age 8-12)
• The Limit by Kristen Landon (age 10+)
• The Giver by Lois Lowry (age 11+)
• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (Uglies Series, age 12+)
• The Maze Runner by James Dashner (Maze Runner Trilogy, age 12+)
• Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (Incarceron Series, age 12+)
• Epic by Conor Kostick (Epic Trilogy, age 12+)
• The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (age 12+)
• Witch & Wizard by James Patterson & Gabrielle Charbonnet (Witch & Wizard Series, age 12+)
• Starters by Lissa Price (Starters Series, age 12+)
• The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (Jenna Fox Series, age 12+)
• Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari (age 12+)
• Matched by Ally Condie (Matched Trilogy, age 12+)
• XVI by Julia Karr (XVI Series, age 13+, mature content)
• Z is for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien (age 13+)
• Wither by Lauren DeStefano (Chemical Garden Trilogy, age 13+)
• Enclave by Ann Aguirre (Razorland Series, age 13+)
• Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien (Birthmarked Trilogy, age 13+)
• The Compound by S.A. Bodeen (age 13+)
• X Isle by Steve Augarde (age 13+)
• Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 by Alexander Gordon Smith (Furnace Series, age 13+)
• Feed by M.T. Anderson (age 13+)
• The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher (age 13+)
• Ashfall by Mike Mullin (Ashfall Trilogy, age 14+, mature content)
• Divergent by Veronica Roth (Divergent Trilogy, age 14+)

WHO NEEDS ADULTS…KIDS ARE IN CHARGE

• City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (Books of Ember Series, age 8-12)
• First Light by Rebecca Stead (age 9-13)
• The Invasion by K.A. Applegate (Animorphs Series, age 9-13)
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (age 11+)
• The Great, Wide Sea by M.H. Herlong (age 11+)
• The Recruit by Robert Muchamore (Cherub Series, age 11+)
• Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (Alex Rider Series, age 11+)
• Epic by Conor Kostick (Epic Trilogy, age 12+)
• Gone by Michael Grant (Gone Series, age 12+)
• Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari (age 12+)
• Starters by Lissa Price (Starters Series, age 12+)
• Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (Incarceron Series, age 12+)
• Wither by Lauren DeStefano (Chemical Garden Trilogy, age 13+)
• Z is for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien (age 13+)
• Enclave by Ann Aguirre (Razorland Series, age 13+)
• X Isle by Steve Augarde (age 13+)
• Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien (Birthmarked Trilogy, age 13+)
• The Compound by S.A. Bodeen (age 13+)
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Saga, age 13+)
• Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card (Ender’s Saga, age 13+)
• The Angel Experiment by James Patterson (Maximum Ride Series, age 13+)
• Ashfall by Mike Mullin (Ashfall Trilogy, age 14+, mature content)
• Divergent by Veronica Roth (Divergent Trilogy, age 14+)
• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (age 14+, mature content)

FIGHTING THE SYSTEM

• The Unidentified by Rae Mariz (age 12+)
• The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen (age 12+)
• Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (Incarceron Series, age 12+)
• Epic by Conor Kostick (Epic Trilogy, age 12+)
• Matched by Ally Condie (Matched Trilogy, age 12+)
• Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari (age 12+)
• Starters by Lissa Price (Starters Series, age 12+)
• XVI by Julia Karr (XVI Series, age 13+, mature content)
• Soulbound by Heather Brewer (Legacy of Tril Trilogy, age 13+)
• Wither by Lauren DeStefano (Chemical Garden Trilogy, age 13+)
• Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien (Birthmarked Trilogy, age 13+)
• X Isle by Steve Augarde (age 13+)
• Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 by Alexander Gordon Smith (Furnace Series, age 13+)
• Divergent by Veronica Roth (Divergent Trilogy, age 14+)

PLAYING THE SYSTEM

• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl Series, age 8-12)
• Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks (Evil Genius Trilogy, age 12+)
• Wither by Lauren DeStefano (Chemical Garden Trilogy, age 13+)

EPIC ADVENTURE

• City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (Books of Ember Series, age 8-12)
• First Light by Rebecca Stead (age 9-13)
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (age 11+)
• The Great, Wide Sea by M.H. Herlong (age 11+)
• Epic by Conor Kostick (Epic Trilogy, age 12+)
• I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (Lorien Legacies, age 12+)
• The Dark City by Catherine Fisher (Relic Masters Series, age 12+)
• Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (Incarceron Series, age 12+)
• Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari (age 12+)
• Enclave by Ann Aguirre (Razorland Series, age 13+)
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (Fire and Thorns Trilogy, age 13+)
• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (His Fair Assassin Trilogy, age 13+)
• Soulbound by Heather Brewer (Legacy of Tril Trilogy, age 13+)
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Series, age 13+, mature content)
• Fire by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Series, age 13+, mature content)
• Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore, age 13+, mature content)

DYSTOPIAN ROMANCE

• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (Uglies Series, age 12+)
• Matched by Ally Condie (Matched Trilogy, age 12+)
• The Unidentified by Rae Mariz (age 12+)
• The Gardener by S.A. Bodeen (age 12+)
• Starters by Lissa Price (Starters Series, age 12+)
• Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari (age 12+)
• Wither by Lauren DeStefano (Chemical Garden Trilogy, age 13+)
• Enclave by Ann Aguirre (Razorland Series, age 13+)
• Birthmarked by Caragh M. O’Brien (Birthmarked Trilogy, age 13+)
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (Fire and Thorns Trilogy, age 13+)
• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (His Fair Assassin Trilogy, age 13+)
• Soulbound by Heather Brewer (Legacy of Tril Trilogy, age 13+)
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Series, age 13+, mature content)
• Fire by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Series, age 13+, mature content)
• Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore, age 13+, mature content)

GIRLS KICKING BUTT!

• The Invasion by K.A. Applegate (Animorphs Series, age 9-13)
• Rampant by Diana Peterfreund (Killer Unicorn Series, age 12+)
• Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari (age 12+)
• Enclave by Ann Aguirre (Razorland Series, age 13+)
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson (Fire and Thorns Trilogy, age 13+)
• Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers (His Fair Assassin Trilogy, age 13+)
• Soulbound by Heather Brewer (Legacy of Tril Trilogy, age 13+)
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Series, age 13+, mature content)
• Fire by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Series, age 13+, mature content)
• Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore, age 13+, mature content)
• Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy Series, age 13+)
• Divergent by Veronica Roth (Divergent Trilogy, age 14+)

ULTIMATE SURVIVAL

• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell (age 8-12)
• Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (age 8-12)
• City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (Books of Ember Series, age 8-12)
• First Light by Rebecca Stead (age 9-13)
• Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (age 11+)
• The Great, Wide Sea by M.H. Herlong (age 11+)
• Peak by Roland Smith (age 12+)
• Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari (age 12+)
• Enclave by Ann Aguirre (Razorland Series, age 13+)
• Z is for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien (age 13+)
• X Isle by Steve Augarde (age 13+)
• The Compound by S.A. Bodeen (age 13+)
• Graceling by Kristin Cashore (Graceling Series, age 13+, mature content)
• Ashfall by Mike Mullin (Ashfall Trilogy, age 14+, mature content)
• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (age 14+, mature content)
• Firestorm by David Klass (The Caretaker Trilogy, age 14+, mature content)