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Hunger Games - Readalikes for Teens

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The Diary of Pelly D
The Diary of Pelly D By Adlington, L. J. (Book - 2008)

Annotation:When 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, he begins to question his own beliefs.

Graceling
Graceling By Cashore, Kristin (Book - 2008)

Annotation:In a world where some people are born with extreme skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.

Matched
Matched By Condie, Ally (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her, so when Xander appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate--until Ky Markham's face appears for an instant before the screen fades to black.

The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner By Dashner, James (Book - 2009)

Annotation: Thomas wakes up the middle of a maze with no memory and realizes he must work with the community he finds himself in if he is to escape.

Little Brother
Little Brother By Doctorow, Cory (Book - 2008)

Annotation:After being interrogated by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on San Francisco, Marcus, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

The City of Ember
The City of Ember By DuPrau, Jeanne (Book - 2003)

Annotation: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.

The House of the Scorpion
The House of the Scorpion By Farmer, Nancy (Book - 2002)

Annotation: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.

Incarceron
Incarceron By Fisher, Catherine (Book - 2010)

Annotation:To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison, decides to help a prisoner escape.

Salt
Salt By Gee, Maurice (Book - 2009, c2007)

Annotation:Hari, an enslaved person, and Pearl, a member of the ruling families, become traveling companions, as they undertake an adventure to save the world from a terror beyond their greatest imaginings.

Gone
Gone By Grant, Michael (Book - 2008)

Annotation:In a small town in California, everyone over the age of 14 suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school.

Girl in the Arena
Girl in the Arena A Novel Containing Intense Prolonged Sequences of Disaster and Peril By Haines, Lise (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Lyn, who has grown up in the public eye as the daughter of seven gladiators, wants nothing less than to follow her mother's path, but her only way to avoid marriage to the warrior who killed her last stepfather is to face him in the arena.

The Giver
The Giver By Lowry, Lois (Book - 1993)

Annotation:Given his lifetime assignment 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.

The Knife of Never Letting Go
The Knife of Never Letting Go By Ness, Patrick (Book - 2009)

Annotation:Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, Todd and Viola set out across New World looking for information about his colony's true past and a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.

Birthmarked
Birthmarked By O'Brien, Caragh M. (Book - 2010)

Annotation: When her midwife mother is forcibly taken away by the very people she serves, Gaia Stone starts to question the role of the Enclave and if it deserves the loyalty her family has so faithfully given.

Delirium
Delirium By Oliver, Lauren (Book - 2011)

Annotation:Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until 95 days before her 18th birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.

1984
1984 By Orwell, George, 1903-1950 (Book - 1954, 1949)

Annotation:Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs all activities.

Ship Breaker
Ship Breaker A Novel By Bacigalupi, Paolo (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living. When he finds a beached ship with a girl in the wreckage, he must decide between the wealth of the ship or saving the girl.

Life as We Knew It
Life as We Knew It [a Novel] By Pfeffer, Susan Beth (Book - 2006)

Annotation:Through journal entries Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

Nation
Nation By Pratchett, Terry (Book - 2008)

Annotation: After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, Daphne, an aristocratic girl, and a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives.

Mortal Engines
Mortal Engines A Novel By Reeve, Philip (Book - 2003)

Annotation:A fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of futuristic London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another.

Divergent
Divergent By Roth, Veronica (Book - 2011)

Annotation:In future Chicago, Beatrice Prior must choose among 5 predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, when she discovers that she does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect.

Numbers
Numbers By Ward, Rachel (Book - 2010)

Annotation:When Jem looks at someone she knows the exact date they will die, so she tries to avoid any relationships, but when she meets a boy named Spider, they become more involved than either of them had planned.

Blood Red Road
Blood Red Road By Young, Moira (Book - 2011)

Annotation:18-year-old Lugh is kidnapped, and while his twin sister Saba and 9-year-old Emmi are trailing him across bleak Sandsea they are captured, too, and taken to brutal Hopetown, where Saba is forced to be a cage fighter until new friends help plan an escape.

Hunger Games
Hunger Games By Collins, Suzanne (Book - 2008)

Annotation:Book #1 in The Hunger Games series

Catching Fire
Catching Fire By Collins, Suzanne (Book - 2009)

Annotation:Book #2 in The Hunger Games series

Mockingjay
Mockingjay By Collins, Suzanne (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Book #3 in The Hunger Games series

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