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Teens Read Hunger Games Read-a-Likes

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The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games By Collins, Suzanne (Book - 2008) / SF COLLINS SUZANNE

Annotation:374p. (Gr. 5-12) In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

Feed
Feed By Anderson, M. T. (Book - 2002) / PB ANDERSO

Annotation:237p. (Gr. 7-12) 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.

Candor
Candor By Bachorz, Pam (Book - 2009) / FICTION BACHORZ PAM

Annotation:256p. (Gr. 7-12) For a fee, “model teen” Oscar Banks has been secretly, and selectively, sabotaging the subliminal messages that program the behavior of the residents of Candor, Florida, until his attraction to a rebellious new girl threatens to expose his subterfuge.

Exodus
Exodus By Bertagna, Julie (Book - 2008) / PB BERTAGN

Annotation:352p. (Gr. 5-12) In the year 2100, as the island of Wing is about to be covered by water, fifteen-year-old Mara discovers the existence of New World sky cities that are safe from the storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel to one of these cities in order to save themselves.

The Compound
The Compound By Bodeen, S. A. (Book - 2008) / FICTION BODEEN S.

Annotation:248p. (Gr. 6-12) After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them.

The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner By Dashner, James (Book - 2009) / SF DASHNER JAMES

Annotation:384p. (Gr. 6-12) Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.

Incarceron
Incarceron By Fisher, Catherine (Book - 2010) TEEN READ 2010 FISHER

Annotation:448p. (Gr. 9-12) To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.

Truancy
Truancy By Fukui, Isamu (Book - 2008) TEEN READ 2009 FUKUI

Annotation:429p. (Gr. 8-12) In the City, where an iron-fisted Mayor's goal is perfect control through education, fifteen-year-old Tack is torn between a growing sympathy for the Truancy, an underground movement determined to bring down the system at any cost, and the desire to avenge a death caused by a Truant.

The Other Side of the Island
The Other Side of the Island By Goodman, Allegra (Book - 2008) / SF GOODMAN ALLEGRA

Annotation:280p. (Gr. 5-9) Born in the eighteenth year of Enclosure, ten-year-old Honor lives in a highly regulated colony with her defiant parents, but when they have an illegal second child and are taken away, it is up to Honor and her friend Helix, another "unpredictable," to uncover a terrible secret about their island and the corporation that runs everything.

Gone
Gone By Grant, Michael (Book - 2008) / SF GRANT MICHAEL

Annotation:576p. (Gr. 6-12) In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.

The Line
The Line By Hall, Teri (Book - 2010) / SF HALL TERI

Annotation:224p. (Gr. 5-8) An invisible physical barrier encloses the Unified States. It’s said that bizarre creatures and super humans live on the other side, in Away. Rachel and her mother went to live there after Rachel’s dad died in the last war. It’s a safe, quiet life. Until Rachel finds a mysterious recorded message that can only have come from Away.

The Declaration
The Declaration By Malley, Gemma (Book - 2007) / PB MALLEY

Annotation:320p. (Gr. 6-12) In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.

Tomorrow, When the War Began
Tomorrow, When the War Began By Marsden, John (Book - 1995) / PB MARSDEN

Annotation:286p. (Gr. 6-12) Seven Australian teenagers return from a camping trip in the bush to discover that their country has been invaded and they must hide to stay alive.

The Knife of Never Letting Go
The Knife of Never Letting Go By Ness, Patrick (Book - 2008) TEEN READ 2009 NESS

Annotation:492p. (Gr. 7-12) 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.

Birthmarked
Birthmarked By O'Brien, Caragh M (Book - 2010) / SF O'BRIEN CARAGH

Annotation:368p. (Gr. 9-12) Sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone and her mother faithfully deliver their quota of three infants every month. But when Gaia’s mother is brutally taken away by the very people she serves, Gaia must question whether the Enclave deserves such loyalty.

The Adoration of Jenna Fox
The Adoration of Jenna Fox By Pearson, Mary (Book - 2008) / SF PEARSON MARY

Annotation:272p. (Gr. 8-12) In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.

Life as We Knew It
Life as We Knew It By Pfeffer, Susan Beth (Book - 2006) / PB PFEFFER

Annotation:352p. (Gr. 6-12) 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.

How I Live Now
How I Live Now By Rosoff, Meg (Book - 2004) / FICTION ROSOFF MEG

Annotation:208p. (Gr. 6-12) To get away from her pregnant stepmother in New York City, fifteen-year-old Daisy goes to England to stay with her aunt and cousins, with whom she instantly bonds, but soon war breaks out and rips apart the family while devastating the land.

The Forest of Hands and Teeth
The Forest of Hands and Teeth By Ryan, Carrie (Book - 2009) / FICTION RYAN CARRIE

Annotation:320p. (Gr. 6-12) In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you must always mind the fence that surrounds the village; the fence that protects the village from the Forest of Hands and Teeth. When the fence is breached , she must choose between her village and her future—between the one she loves and the one who loves her.

Unwind
Unwind By Shusterman, Neal (Book - 2007) / SF SHUSTER NEAL

Annotation:352p. (Gr. 6-12) In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.

Uglies
Uglies By Westerfeld, Scott (Book - 2005) / PB WESTERF

Annotation:448p. (Gr. 6-12) Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.

The Bar Code Tattoo
The Bar Code Tattoo By Weyn, Suzanne (Book - 2004) / PB WEYN

Annotation:252p. (Gr. 6-12) The bar code tattoo. Everybody's getting it. It will make your life easier, they say. It will hook you in. It will become your identity. But what if you say no? What if you don't want to become a code? For Kayla, this one choice changes everything. She becomes an outcast in her high school. Dangerous things happen to her family. There's no option but to run.

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