[LM_NET] HIT: Tar: dystopian fiction for middle schoolers

[carol siepka <cjcs7@HOTMAIL.COM>]

Thanks for all the help with this! Here's the list I compiled from all the 
suggestions:



Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

The lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman

Blasphemy by Preston Childs

Life as we knew it -
Susan Beth Pfeffer (with the option of including sequels The Dead and the
Gone, and This World We Live in).

Have you checked the Dystopian YA list on GoodReads?  Cross-check for
grade levels as some are for more mature readers.

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2216.YA_Dystopia_Novels

How about Epic and its companion novel, Saga, by Conor KostickDon't forget that 
Uglies is the first book in a 4-part series with Pretties - Specials and ending 
with Extras.

Unwind by Shusterman

Here's a list from my library's web
page:

http://www.townschool.com/library/dystopias.htm

Memory Boy by Will Weaver

Diary of Pelly D and Cherry Heaven by
Adlington

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

The Roar by Emma
Clayton

Candor by Pam Bachorz
(borderline, but uses auditory brainwashing, so I'd say it counts as sci-fi)

Life as We Knew It by
Susan Beth Pfeffer

Little Brother by
Cory Doctorow (this one probably for the older students)

The Giver by LowryHow I Live Now by Meg Rosoff"The Last Book in the Universe" by 
Philbrick

White, Andrea, 1953-.
"Surviving Antarctica: reality TV 2083." (2005): 327. NoveList.
EBSCO. Web. 22 Feb. 2010.

Sleator, William.
"Test." (2008): 298. NoveList. EBSCO. Web. 22 Feb. 2010.

Pearson, Mary (Mary E.).
"The adoration of Jenna Fox." (2008): 272. NoveList. EBSCO.
Web. 22 Feb. 2010.

DuPrau, Jeanne. "The city of
Ember." (2003): 270. NoveList. EBSCO. Web. 22 Feb. 2010.

Malley, Gemma. "The
Declaration." (2007): 320. NoveList. EBSCO. Web. 22 Feb. 2010.

McNaughton, Janet Elizabeth,
1953-. "The secret under my skin." (2005): 237. NoveList.
EBSCO. Web. 22 Feb. 2010.

DeVita, James. "The
silenced." (2007): 512. NoveList. EBSCO. Web. 22 Feb. 2010.

Colfer, Eoin. "The
Supernaturalist." (2004): 272. NoveList. EBSCO. Web. 22 Feb. 2010.

Stahler, David.
"Truesight." (2004): 187. NoveList. EBSCO. Web. 22 Feb. 2010.

GatheringBlueLoisLowry
 The Messenger   Lois LowryMortal Engines by Phillip Reeve

Carol Coutts-Siepka, teacherCentral Road School, Rolling Meadows, 
ILcjcs7@hotmail.com




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