Here is a list of our favorite dystopian books for teens. These titles are classified as Teen Middle School (TM) and can be found in the Teen section of the library. |
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The Legend of the Last Library
by Frank Cole
While scavenging for paper to earn money for the expensive healthcare her Grandpa needs, Juni, who lives in a world without books, discovers hidden clues pointing to what could be the last library on Earth, pitting her against the head of a megacorporation who wants it for himself.
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Tyger
by S. F. Said
In a version of London where the British Empire still exists, Adam and his new friend Zadie join forces to save a magical animal's life and, ultimately, their own world from destruction.
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Alone
by Megan E. Freeman
When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own.
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Among The Hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to have only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
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The Giver
by Lois Lowry
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
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Evan Miller is Waking Down
by Jerel Law
Fifteen-year-old Evan Miller's dreambending power takes him outside the limits of City 47, but when the Elders discover his nonconforming ability, he is forced to flee.
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Zombie Train
by David Macinnis Gill
Riding out the zombie apocalypse on his crew's pieced-together train, Dax must decide between searching for the cure and protecting those entrusted in his care when a mysterious girl arrives with stories of a so-called Nirvana and a potential cure for the zombie parasite.
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Izzy at the End of the World
by K. A. Reynolds
An autistic girl faced with disaster, Izzy Wilder and her dog Akka set out to discover the truth behind humanity's disappearance, facing life's greatest mysteries as they uncover the true endurance of the human spirit to save the world.
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Two Degrees
by Alan Gratz
While each experiencing three climate disasters, four kids discover they are connected in shocking ways that could alter their destinies forever, in this edge-of-your-seat adventure tackling the urgent topic of climate change.
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The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera
Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children have been chosen to journey to a new planet. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes on this new planet and discovers that she is the only person who remembers Earth. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again?
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Alebrijes
by Donna Barba Higuera
When thirteen-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city's walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, and fellow outcasts as he tries to save his sister and fellow Cascabeles from the oppressive regime.
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Children of the Flying City
by Jason Sheehan
Brought to the flying city of Highgate when he was only five years old, orphan Milo Quick has never known another home. A massive armada has surrounded Highgate's crumbling armaments. Because behind locked doors the once-great flying city protects a powerful secret, hidden away for centuries. One small airship, the Halcyon, has slipped through the ominous blockade on a mission to collect Milo--and the rich bounty on his head--before the fighting begins.
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Alex Wise vs. the End of the World
by Terry J. Benton-Walker
While on summer vacation, 12-year-old Alex Wise must save his sister, who's been possessed by the ancient spirit of Death, and stop the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse from destroying Los Angeles—and the world.
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The Maze Cutter
by James Dashner
70 years after the events of The Death Cure, when Thomas and other immunes were sent to an island to survive the Flare-triggered apocalypse, their descendants have thrived. But when a rusty old boat shows up one day with a woman bearing dark news of the mainland, a group of the islanders decide to embark back to civilization. There they find that many have evolved into a more violent, intelligent version of Cranks due to a new string of the virus, and they are hunting those whose ancestors were sent away by Ava Paige. The islanders will have to survive long enough to figure out why they are hunted and what it means for the future of humanity.
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Project F
by Jeanne DuPrau
In a world where cars, planes, TVs, and smart phones are things of the past, 13-year-old Keith uncovers a mysterious mission known only as Project F and must choose between doing the right thing for his community and pursuing his dreams of adventure.
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Gone Wolf
by Amber McBride
In her first middle-grade novel, an award-winning author explores Black pain, trauma, and ultimately, healing through the story of what might happen if white supremacists ceded from the rest of the country.
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The Last Beekeeper
by Pablo Cartaya
In a future shaken by climate disasters, twelve-year-old Yoland Ciceron struggles to get away from the grueling life of farming and discovers her only chance of survival may lie in the rediscovery of a long-extinct species--the honeybee.
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It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit
by Justin A. Reynolds
When the electricity goes out, twelve-year-old Eddie and his friends set out to investigate what is going on when they make the startling discovery that they are the only ones left in their neighborhood--and perhaps the only people left anywhere.
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Hunters of the Lost City
by Kali Wallace
Twelve-year-old Octavia, who grew up believing her town was the only one left after a magical war, meets a girl from outside her town and tries to uncover the truth about her world.
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D-39: A Robodog's Journey
by Irene Latham
A robodog, D-39, and his human friends discover challenges, danger, and the strength to persevere in this war and survival dystopian novel in verse about friendship and family.
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