Adoration of Jenna Fox Pearson, Mary Summary: 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.
Airborn (Series) Oppel, Kenneth Summary: Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth’s surface. Sequel: Skybreaker
City of Ember (Series) DuPrau, Jeanne Summary: In the year 241, 12-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. Sequel: People of Sparks
The Dark Side of Nowhere Schusterman, Neal Summary: Jason finds out he’s an alien! The adventure begins!
Diary of Pelly D Adlington, L.J. Summary: 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, and he begins to question his own beliefs.
Doomsday (Series) Peel, John Summary: Tristan must stop his evil clone from creating a computer virus that will end the world. (Many Sequels)
Dust Slade, Arthur Summary: Eleven-year-old Robert is the only one who can help when a mysterious stranger arrives, performing tricks and promising to bring rain, at the same time children begin to disappear from a dust bowl farm town in Saskatchewan in the 1930s.
Ender’s Game (Series) Card, Orson Scott Summary: After the Earth is twice attacked by aliens, the world governments begins breeding military geniuses, one of whom is Ender Wiggin.(Several Sequels)
Epic Kostick, Conor Summary: On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik persuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.
Escape the Mask (Series) Ward, David Summary: Six young friends, tortured by the Spears and forced to work as slaves in the harsh fields of Grassland, vow to escape to find the freedom that was stolen from them long ago, and their opportunity arises when Outsiders come and wage war against the Spears. Sequel: Beneath the Mask Evil Genius (Series)
Jinks, Catherine Summary: Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy. Sequel: Genius Squad
Found Haddix, Margaret Peterson Summary: When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
Go Big Or Go Home Hobbs, Will Summary: Fourteen-year-old Brady and his cousin Quinn love extreme sports, but nothing could prepare them for the aftermath of Brady's close encounter with a meteorite after it crashes into his Black Hills, South Dakota, bedroom.
Heir Apparent Vande Velde, Vivian Summary: While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.
H.I.V.E. The Higher Institute of Villainous Education (Series) Walden, Mark Summary: Thirteen-year-old orphan Otto Malpense, identified as a boy with a special talent for villainy, is kidnapped and taken to the remote Higher Institute of Villainous Education, or H.I.V.E., where he is enrolled in a six-year training program and immediately begins formulating a plan to escape. Sequel: The Overlord Protocol
The House of the Scorpion Farmer, Nancy Summary: 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.
Hunger Games Collins, Suzanne Summary: Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen 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.
Life As We Knew It Pfeffer, Susan Beth Summary: 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.
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Series) Stewart, Trenton Lee Summary: After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. Sequel: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Shade’s Children Nix, Garth Summary: In a savage postnuclear world, four young fugitives attempt to overthrow the bloodthirsty rule of the overlords with the help of Shade, their mysterious mentor. (Also Seventh Tower Series)
T.E.S.T. Sleator, William Summary: In the security-obsessed, elitist United States of the near future, where a standardized test determines each person's entire life, a powerful man runs a corrupt empire until seventeen-year-old Ann and other students take the lead in boycotting the test.
Things Not Seen (Series) Clements, Andrew Summary: 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. Sequel: Things Hoped For
Unwind Shusterman, Neal Summary: In this futuristic thriller, Neal Shusterman creates a world that blurs the line between life and death and challenges ideas about what it means to be alive. Revised 1/10
Airborn (Series) Oppel, Kenneth Summary: Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth’s surface. Sequel: Skybreaker
City of Ember (Series) DuPrau, Jeanne Summary: In the year 241, 12-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. Sequel: People of Sparks
The Dark Side of Nowhere Schusterman, Neal Summary: Jason finds out he’s an alien! The adventure begins!
Diary of Pelly D Adlington, L.J. Summary: 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, and he begins to question his own beliefs.
Doomsday (Series) Peel, John Summary: Tristan must stop his evil clone from creating a computer virus that will end the world. (Many Sequels)
Dust Slade, Arthur Summary: Eleven-year-old Robert is the only one who can help when a mysterious stranger arrives, performing tricks and promising to bring rain, at the same time children begin to disappear from a dust bowl farm town in Saskatchewan in the 1930s.
Ender’s Game (Series) Card, Orson Scott Summary: After the Earth is twice attacked by aliens, the world governments begins breeding military geniuses, one of whom is Ender Wiggin.(Several Sequels)
Epic Kostick, Conor Summary: On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik persuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.
Escape the Mask (Series) Ward, David Summary: Six young friends, tortured by the Spears and forced to work as slaves in the harsh fields of Grassland, vow to escape to find the freedom that was stolen from them long ago, and their opportunity arises when Outsiders come and wage war against the Spears. Sequel: Beneath the Mask Evil Genius (Series)
Jinks, Catherine Summary: Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy. Sequel: Genius Squad
Found Haddix, Margaret Peterson Summary: When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
Go Big Or Go Home Hobbs, Will Summary: Fourteen-year-old Brady and his cousin Quinn love extreme sports, but nothing could prepare them for the aftermath of Brady's close encounter with a meteorite after it crashes into his Black Hills, South Dakota, bedroom.
Heir Apparent Vande Velde, Vivian Summary: While playing a total immersion virtual reality game of kings and intrigue, fourteen-year-old Giannine learns that demonstrators have damaged the equipment to which she is connected, and she must win the game quickly or be damaged herself.
H.I.V.E. The Higher Institute of Villainous Education (Series) Walden, Mark Summary: Thirteen-year-old orphan Otto Malpense, identified as a boy with a special talent for villainy, is kidnapped and taken to the remote Higher Institute of Villainous Education, or H.I.V.E., where he is enrolled in a six-year training program and immediately begins formulating a plan to escape. Sequel: The Overlord Protocol
The House of the Scorpion Farmer, Nancy Summary: 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.
Hunger Games Collins, Suzanne Summary: Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen 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.
Life As We Knew It Pfeffer, Susan Beth Summary: 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.
The Mysterious Benedict Society (Series) Stewart, Trenton Lee Summary: After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. Sequel: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
Shade’s Children Nix, Garth Summary: In a savage postnuclear world, four young fugitives attempt to overthrow the bloodthirsty rule of the overlords with the help of Shade, their mysterious mentor. (Also Seventh Tower Series)
T.E.S.T. Sleator, William Summary: In the security-obsessed, elitist United States of the near future, where a standardized test determines each person's entire life, a powerful man runs a corrupt empire until seventeen-year-old Ann and other students take the lead in boycotting the test.
Things Not Seen (Series) Clements, Andrew Summary: 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. Sequel: Things Hoped For
Unwind Shusterman, Neal Summary: In this futuristic thriller, Neal Shusterman creates a world that blurs the line between life and death and challenges ideas about what it means to be alive. Revised 1/10
