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Across the universe - Beth Revis
- Amy, a cryogenically frozen passenger on the spaceship Godspeed, wakes up to discover that someone may have tried to murder her. Amy has left the life she loves for a world 300 years away, trapped in space and frozen in time. Now who can she trust amidst the secrets and lies? |
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Brave new world - Aldous Huxley
- This astonishing novel, originally published in 1932, presents Aldous Huxley's vision of the future -- of a world utterly transformed. Through the most efficient scientific and psychological engineering, people are genetically designed to be passive and therefore consistently useful to the ruling class. |
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Cinder - Marissa Meyer
- As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story. |
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Delirium - Lauren Oliver
- Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the deadly disease of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until just before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she does the unthinkable -- falls for a boy! |
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Divergent - Veronica Roth
- Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. |
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Do androids dream of electric sheep - Philip Dick
- By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep. . .They even built humans. The classic movie, Blade Runner, was based on this novel. |
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Epitaph Road - David Patneaude
- In 2097--30 years after a powerful virus wiped out 97 percent of the male population--a new world order has emerged. With women at the helm of every leadership role, Earth has entered a virtual utopia. But when a rumored outbreak of the virus threatens his community, 14-year-old Kellen must warn his father of the coming danger. |
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Feed - M. T. 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. Try this one as an audio book! |
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Hole in the Sky - Pete Hautman
- It is 2028 and a deadly flu has ravaged the world. However, there are survivors. Some feel they are Chosen, and have the right to keep only themselves alive. A thriller with many themes and characters! |
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Incarceron - Catherine Fisher
- Above all, Time is forbidden. From now on nothing will change. After the Years of Rage, King Endor's Decree bans progress, pausing the world in an old-fashioned era of medieval dress and travel by horse-drawn carriage. Though advanced technology exists, it is expressly forbidden, and everyone must abide to Protocol. Incarceron is an exception to this rule. |
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Legend - Marie Lu
- In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy. |
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Life as we knew it - Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Miranda's disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun? |
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Little Brother - Cory Doctorow
- After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right. |
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Matched - Allyson Braithwaite Condie
- Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky... |
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Shatter Me - Tahereh Mafi
- Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in support of The Reestablishment, a post-apocalyptic dictatorship, but Adam, the only person ever to show her affection, offers hope of a better future. |
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Ship breaker - Paolo Bacigalupi
- 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. |
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The adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary Pearson
- 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. |
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The carbon diaries 2015 - Saci Lloyd
- In 2015, when England becomes the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing in a drastic bid to combat climate change, sixteen-year-old Laura documents the first year of rationing as her family spirals out of control. |
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The giver - Lois Lowry
- Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. Companion books include The Messenger and Gathering Blue. |
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The Hunger Games - Suzanne 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. Sequels include Catching Fire and Mockingjay. |
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The knife of never letting go - Patrick Ness
- Readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in this series that follows a boy and girl on the run from a town where all thoughts can be heard--and the passage into manhood embodies a horrible secret. |
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Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
- In Tally's world, your 16th birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent Ugly into a stunningly attractive Pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be a Pretty... Sequels include Pretties, Specials, and Extras. |
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Unwind - Neal Shusterman
- In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives. |
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X-isle - Steve Augarde
- Ever since the floods came and washed the world away, survivors have been desperate to win a place on X-Isle, the island where life is rumoured to be easier than on what's left of the mainland. Baz and Ray are two of the lucky few to be chosen, but they soon discover that X-Isle is a far cry from paradise. |
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