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Here are our favorite dystopian novels for teens in high school. These titles are classified as Teen High School (TH) and can be found in the Teen section of the library.
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All That's Left in the World
by Erik J. Brown
Putting their trust in one another, two boys, Andrew and Jamie, search for civilization in a world ravaged by a deadly pathogen, but their secrets could cost them everything as they try to find the courage to fight for the future.
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The Stranded
by Sarah Daniels
Aboard the Arcadia, which was once a luxurious sea vessel but now a refugee camp after an apocalyptic war, loyal citizen Esther and rebel Nik are thrown together by events that change their lives and the lives of everyone on the ship forever.
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Under This Forgetful Sky
by Lauren Yero
When rebels infect his father with a fatal virus, 16-year-old Rumi escapes the armored walls of St. Iago to find a cure. He is joined on his journey by 15-year-old Paz but wonders if they can trust in each other enough to imagine a different world.
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The Warning
by Kristy Acevedo
A hologram claiming to be a human from the future shares a sinister warning: a comet is on a deadly collision course with Earth. To survive, people must step through one of the many portals that have opened around the world. The holograms claim to offer safety, but how can anyone be sure?
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The Getaway
by Lamar Giles
When Karloff Country, one of the world's most famous resorts, suddenly offers the richest and most powerful families a safe haven from the nightmare outside its walls, Jay and his crew learn just how far they'll go to find out the truth and save themselves.
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The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett
Tierney dreams of a life outside the strict society that criminalizes teen girls and banishes them into the wild for one year to be cured of their "magic" but leaving could be more dangerous than staying.
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Want
by Cindy Pon
A tale set in a heavily polluted Taipei of the near future follows the efforts of a group of teens to save their city in the face of social divisions that enable the wealthy to secure long, protected lives while the poor suffer illness and early death.
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Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves
by Meg Long
On a frozen wasteland of a planet, a girl is on the run with a wolf who is born to be a killer but bound to be her guide. As they fight to escape ice goblins, giant bears, and a ruthless leader intent on trapping them both, one question drives them relentlessly forward: where do you turn when there is nowhere to hide?
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The Testing
by Joelle Charbonneau
Sixteen-year-old Cia Vale is chosen to participate in The Testing to attend the University; however, Cia is fearful when she figures out her friends who do not pass The Testing are disappearing.
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We Set the Dark on Fire
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
A society wife-in-training has an uncomfortable awakening about her strictly polarized society after being recruited into a band of rebel spies and falling for her biggest rival.
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
by Suzanne Collins
A prequel set in the world of Panem 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games begins on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games.
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Ready Player Two
by Ernest Cline
A 1980s cultural assessment of the fantastical future of online behavior continues the story that began in the internationally best-selling futuristic novel, Ready Player One, that inspired a blockbuster Steven Spielberg film.
This title can be found in the adult fiction section of the library.
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Call Down the Hawk
by Maggie Stiefvater
In a world where dreamers have the ability to pull the wonders and catastrophes of their dreams into reality, a thief becomes inextricably tied to the dream objects she pursues while a hunter races to prevent destructive dreaming. By the award-winning author of the Raven Cycle series.
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They Both Die at the End
by Adam Silvera
In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo and Rufus meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.
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The Darkest Legacy
by Alexandra Bracken
"Five years after the destruction of the so-called rehabilitation camps that imprisoned her and countless other Psi kids, seventeen-year-old Suzume 'Zu' Kimura must use her powerful voice to fight back and save the friends who were once her protectors"
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The Block
by Ben Oliver
Fighting to retain his sanity in the face of Happy’s manipulation tactics while imprisoned within the virtual-reality world of the Block, Luka endeavors to build an army to prevent the disclosure of his friends’ secret hiding location.
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Shatter Me
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Tahereh Mafi
Incarcerated her whole life, Juliette is released on the condition that she use her abilities in support of the dictatorship, but she soon finds herself allying with a resistance movement.
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Crazy House
by James Patterson
In a future world where teenagers are taken, imprisoned, and forced to fight for their survival, well-behaved Cassie will do whatever it takes to save her rebellious twin sister from Death Row.
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Ash and Quill
by Rachel Caine
Imprisoned in Philadelphia after fleeing London, Jess and his band of exiles confront book-burning adversaries before striking a bargain to share their knowledge about a machine capable of breaking the Library's rule.
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Divergent
by Veronica Roth
In a future Chicago, 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 does not fit into any one group.
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