Dystopias (for teens)

Anderson, M.T.
Feed (2002)
PB YA SF ANDERSON
YA SF ANDERSON
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.
 
Colfer, Eoin
The Supernaturalist (2004)
YA SF COLFER
PB YA SF COLFER
PB J SF COLFER
In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.

Collins, Suzanne
The Hunger Games (2008)
YA SF COLLINS
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.

Doctorow, Cory
Little Brother (2008)
YA DOCTOROW
YA CD FICTION DOCTOROW
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

DuPrau, Jeanne
The City of Ember (2004)
PB YA FIC DUPRAU
YA FY DUPRAU
J DUPRAU
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on assignment day to be a messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse unknown regions.

Farmer, Nancy
The House of Scorpion (2002)
YA SF FARMER
PB YA SF FARMER
J SF FARMER
PB J SF FARMER
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 140-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

Haddix, Margaret Paterson
Among the Hidden (1998)
YA HADDIX
PB YA SF HADDIX
PB J FIC 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.

Lowry, Lois
The Giver (1993)
PB YA FIC LOWRY
YA LOWRY
PB J LOWRY
J CD FICTION 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.
 
Malley, Gemma
The Declaration (2007)
YA SF MALLEY
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.

Pfeffer, Susan Beth
Life As We Knew It (2008)
YA SF PHEFFER
J SF PHEFFER
J CD FICTION PHEFFER
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.
 
Philbrick, Rodman
The Last Book In The Universe (2000)
YA SF PHILBRICK
YA CASS FICTION PHILBRICK
A thousand years in the future, an earthquake destroys much of the planet, and an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to Earth.
 
Rosoff, Meg
How I Live Now (2004)
YA ROSOFF
PB YA FIC ROSOFF
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.

Westerfeld, Scott
Uglies (2005)
YA WESTERFELD
PB YA WESTERFELD
YA LT FICTION
YA CD FICTION WESTERFELD
In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly, but Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty!