High School Reads!

by Laura Moriarty Genre:  Dystopian Sarah-Mary is growing up in a United States where there are registries and detainment camps for Muslim Americans.  She doesn't really concern herself with what is going on around her as she doesn't really know any Muslims.  But one day, her brother, Caleb, stumbles across a Muslim fugitive who refused to register and move to Nevada like she was told to do.  Caleb makes her promise that she will help Sadaf get to Canada where she will be safe.  Sarah-Mary doesn't want to get involved, especially with someone who she has been taught to fear.  Caleb insists and Sarah-Mary agrees and sets off on an adventure that will change how she thinks about herself and the world she lives in.

by Neal Shusterman Lexile:  830 Genre:  Dystopian The Thunderhead has created a world where there is no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery...until you are selected to be gleaned by a scythe.  Gleaning is the way that population growth is controlled by scythes who are allowed to glean after a rigorous training process as an apprentice.  Citra and Rowan have never met until they are both selected by Scythe Faraday to be his apprentices.  Neither of them wants this role, and that is just the way Scythe Faraday wants it.  As they training intensifies, they learn that they will be pitted against each other in an unfair challenge that will end in disaster for one of them.

by Rick Yancey Lexile:  670 Genre:  Science Fiction, Dystopia Who is the real enemy?  Is it the others? Or is it us?  They want the Earth.  Or do they? They came to destroy.  Or did they come to save?  For those who are left, there are no easy answers and no clear path that will save them.  Cassie, Ringer, Zombie, and Nugget are all who are left. It will be up to them to figure out the truth if they are able to save themselves or saves what makes them all human.

by Ernest Cline Lexile:  990 Genre:  Science Fiction, Dystopian It is 2044 and the world is a very different place.  In fact, Wade Watts wants to avoid the real world as much as possible.  He accomplishes this by logging into the OASIS where he is a powerful avatar on a quest to win the ultimate prize that would make him one of the most powerful people in the world - virtual and real.  But there are many others on this quest as well and Wade will have to decide who he can trust as the stakes are very high.  Will he be able to survive long enough to complete the quest and win the prize?

by John Marsden Lexile:  850 Genre:  Dystopia, Science Fiction Ellie and her friends have finally persuaded her parents to let them go camping alone.  They have a great time out in the Australian wilderness until they return and find that everyone is gone.  The electricity is off, the phones don't work, and there is no sign of life anywhere.  But then strange aircraft and helicopters are flying overhead.  After some investigating, they find out that the world as they know it has ended.  Their country has been invaded and their friends and family are all being held hostage.  They have two choices:  return to the wilderness and try to survive on their own or stay and try to figure out where everyone went.

by Rick Yancey Lexile: ??? Genre:  Science Fiction/Dystopian Cassie has lived through the destruction that eliminated most of the world's population.  She and a few of the survivors have a decision to make.  Do they find a location to curl up in and try to survive the winter, or do they venture out to find other groups of survivors?  The group has mixed feelings on what they should do.  Cassie wants to wait it out in hopes that Evan will find them.  Ben thinks that there is little to no chance that he survived the destruction of Camp Haven and wants to move.  The one thing that is certain is that their lives as humans will never be the same.