Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction for Young Readers
Explore gripping dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction for young readers! Discover thrilling books filled with survival, rebellion, and futuristic worlds perfect for teens and YA fans.
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The Giver
by Lois Lowry
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers …
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Among the Hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has …
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Z for Zachariah
by Robert C. O'Brien
A Newbery Medalist presents a gripping, thought-provoking story about life after a nuclear holocaust.
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Shade's Children (rack)
by Garth Nix
The Key to Survival Rests in the Hands of Shade's Children In a futuristic urban wasteland, evil Overlords have decreed that no child shall live …
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The Last Book in the Universe
by W. Rodman Philbrick
This fast-paced action novel is set in a future where the world has been almost destroyed. Like the award-winning novel Freak the Mighty, this is …
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The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
A National Book Award Winner-A Newbery Honor Book-Some see Matt as a beast. But for El Patrn, Matt is a guarantee of eternal life, for …
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Phoenix Rising
by Karen Hesse
An accident at a nuclear power plant ignites a story of loss, love, and courage.
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Journey Outside
by Mary Q. Steele
A Newbery Honor book This fast-paced story is more than an adventure—it is a search for answers in a bewildering world that is as terrifying …
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The Carbon Diaries 2015
by 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 …
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Feed
by 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 …
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The Clone Codes
by Pat McKissack
Acclaimed authors Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick L. McKissack have collaborated with their son, John, to deliver a novel that is as suspenseful as it …
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Test
by William Sleator
Now in paperback! Pass, and have it made. Fail, and suffer the consequences. A master of teen thrillers tests readers’ courage in an edge-of-your-seat novel …
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The Other Side of the Island
by Allegra Goodman
Born in the eighth year of Enclosure, ten-year-old Honor lives in a highly regulated colony with her defiant parents, but when they have an illegal …
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The Owl Keeper
by Chris Brodien-Jones
Eleven-year-old Max partners with an unusual girl, Rose, who shares his appreciation of the silver owls that the High Echelon wants to destroy, and together …
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Vulture's Wake
by Kirsty Murray
In a future Australia, Callum and Bo, perhaps the only female survivor of a bird virus, travel through a lawless, battle-ridden landscape as Callum seeks …
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth
by Carrie Ryan
In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect and serve. The Unconsecrated will never relent. And you …
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The Gardener
by S. A. Bodeen
Mason has never known his father, but longs to. All he has of him is a DVD of a man whose face is never seen, …
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Nomansland
by Lesley Hauge
Sometime in the future, after devastating wars and fires, a lonely, windswept island in the north is populated solely by women. Among these women is …
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Restoring Harmony
by Joëlle Anthony
Having lived an existence of relative quiet on an isolated farming island, 16-year-old Molly of 2041 Canada is sent to find and rescue her grandparents …
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Dark Life
by Kat Falls
Sixteen-year-old Ty, first child born to the pioneers who live in the depths of the ocean, has little patience for topsiders (land dwellers) until he …
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Inside Out
by Maria V. Snyder
Keep Your Head Down. Don't Get Noticed. Or Else. I'm Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of thousands who work the lower levels, keeping …
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The Maze Runner
by James Dashner
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MAZE RUNNER SERIES • A teenager with no memory must navigate a deadly maze to survive in book one …
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This Time of Darkness
by H. M. Hoover
Although both know it is forbidden, Amy and Axel hope that by following the countless ramps leading upward they can escape from their filthy subterranean …
