If you’re like me, you’ve been following every scrap of news on the new Hunger Games movie, based on the book by Suzanne Collins, due out in March. In cruel circumstance, the newest trailer is fantastic, which only reemphasizes how far away March is! (Click here to see it!)
A lot of adults are enjoying this dystopian teen novel featuring an oppressive government that forces each district in a post-apocalyptic America to send a boy and girl tribute to the Hunger Games, a televised spectacle in which the tributes must fight to the death until one victor remains. If you’re waiting on your hold to be ready for the book, or if you’ve already devoured them and want some similar books to read, here are my suggestions!
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, everyone can hear what each other thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him – something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn’t she killed by the germ like all the females on New World?
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight to survive. If they make it to their 18th birthday, they can’t be harmed—but when every piece of them is wanted by a world gone mad, eighteen seems far, far away.
Feed by M.T. Anderson
For Titus and his friends, it started out like any trip to the moon—a chance to party during spring break. But that was before the hacker caused their feeds to malfunction. And it was before Titus met Violet, who has decided to fight the feed, a continuous internet experience implanted in everyone’s brain.
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
In a futuristic world, teen Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. Winner of the 2011 Michael Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
While skipping school one day, technogeek Marcus is caught near the site of a terrorist attack on San Francisco and held by the Department of Homeland Security for six days of intensive interrogation. After his release, he vows to use his skills to fight back against an increasingly frightening system of surveillance.
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
After an asteroid knocks the moon closer to earth, worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun. In her journal, Miranda records the events of each desperate day, while she and her family struggle to hold on to their most priceless resource—hope.
Tomorrow, When The War Began by John Marsden
Returning from a camping trip in the Australian bush, Ellie and her six friends are shocked to learn that their country has been invaded and that everyone in their home town has been taken prisoner.
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
Matched by Ally Condie
All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, who to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
A member of an alien species that takes over the minds of human bodies, “Wanderer” is unable to quiet her human host's consciousness, and her love for a man who is in hiding with a group of human rebels, which forces both possessor and host to become unwilling allies.
