Dystopian Young

As the only female to survive the devastating virus, Ara hasn’t seen another human in months - not since her father disappeared. The plague has swept away humanity, and Ara’s world is desolate, haunted by the ghosts of her former life. Her mother. Her sister. Kaden and his crew live by a code: stay alert, stay alive. When they catch Ara stealing from them, they are furious - and confused. She is the first girl they have seen in three years. And while Kaden knows taking her captive is wrong, he tells himself he’s doing it to protect her.

The world is about to end. Again. Ever since the first Storm wreaked havoc on civilization as we know it, seventeen-year-old Liz Flannery has been holed up in an abandoned bookstore in suburban New Jersey where she used to work, trading books for supplies with the few remaining survivors. It’s the one place left that feels safe to her. Until she learns that another earth-shattering Storm is coming . . . and everything changes. Enter Maeve, a prickly and potentially dangerous out-of-towner who breaks into the bookstore looking for shelter one night.

Divergent meets Top Chef. A girl living in a society where eating is a crime falls in love with a renegade chef and discovers that life can be delicious. Surrounded by a wasteland called The Desolation, The Hive is an oasis of health. Doctor Whisper’s customized infusions provide Free Citizens with everything they need—nutrition and protection from pathogens. Productive community members earn more health points. More health points mean upgrades to better zones. Persi has contributed the fewest points to her pod and is desperate to prove herself. But Persi’s plans crumble when her ...

Chase curled into a ball as the dinosaur exploded from the muck in a shower of gooey slime. A heavy foot slammed into the ground beside him, so close the impact bounced him into the air. His spine struck the point of a rock when he came back down, shooting streaks of pain through him like waves of rusty nails. He cried out— “Aaaaahhh!” Trapped 140 million years in the past and desperately in need of water, fourteen-year-old Chase sets out to shadow a thirty-foot baryonyx. He knows that Baryonyx is a fish-eating dinosaur, and he’s certain the ferocious predator will lead him to a ...

Eden 4023: a utopia where happiness is mandated, anger is illegal, and the past is a burden best left forgotten. Citizens live under the watchful eyes of the AI, Silvers, their every move monitored, their emotions carefully regulated. Dr. Tanger, a hunter of the Angry, enforces the law with unwavering obedience, his own past a blank slate by choice. When whispers of a rebellion begin to surface, Tanger is tasked with investigating the source of dissent. As he delves deeper, he encounters a group of individuals who dare to defy the enforced happiness, who embrace the forbidden flames of ...

Matt has always been nothing but a clone - grown from a strip of old El Patron’s skin. Now, at age 14, he finds himself suddenly thrust into the position of ruling over his own country. The Land of Opium is the largest territory of the Dope Confederacy, which ranges on the map like an intestine from the ruins of San Diego to the ruins of Matamoros. But while Opium thrives, the rest of the world has been devastated by ecological disaster - and hidden in Opium is the cure.

Leaving behind the people she loves most in the world, Ashen sets off into the wilderness in hopes of finding the elusive group of rebels know as the "Consortium". But, when she finds herself among strangers in the former ski town locals have named the "Bastille", secrets begin to reveal themselves, friendships prove as fragile as glass, and Ashen begins to understand just how powerful her enemy really is. When her brother, Kel, goes missing, Ashen is forced to return to the place she despises...where she's faced with a cruel and brutal choice that will break her heart.

In the year 2043, with the nation destroyed by war, 17-year-old Kress and her conspiracy of friends embark on a dangerous cross-country mission to locate and recruit other Emergents, the name given to teenagers who have begun to exhibit strange evolutionary abilities. Not all Emergents are ready to accept who and what they are, however, and some have even started using their abilities for selfish or evil ends. Now Kress has to figure out who is friend and who is foe as she risks everything to expose the government’s lies and take down the tyrannical President Krug once and for all.

Weeks after landing on Earth, the Hundred have managed to create a sense of order amid their wild, chaotic surroundings. But their delicate balance comes crashing down with the arrival of new dropships from space.

New York City has been decimated by war and plague, and most of civilization has migrated to underground enclaves, where life expectancy is no more than the early 20s. When Deuce turns 15, she takes on her role as a Huntress, and is paired with Fade, a teenage Hunter who lived Topside as a young boy. When she and Fade discover that the neighboring enclave has been decimated by the tunnel monsters—or Freaks—who seem to be growing more organized, the elders refuse to listen to warnings.

Eli and his family have lived in the Compound for six years. The world they knew is gone. Eli's father built the Compound to keep them safe. Now, they can't get out. He won't let them.

Lauren DeStefano’s Wither was called a “thought-provoking debut, reminiscent of The Handmaid’s Tale” by Kirkus Reviews. Its chilling follow-up, Fever, continues 16-year-old Rhine’s tale - set in a dark future in which men and women die by age 25, and young girls are sold into marriage to keep the population growing. Rhine has finally escaped her marriage. But what hope can the outside world offer when death looms ever closer?

More Four! Fans of the Divergent series by number-one New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by "The Transfer", the first of four new short stories told from Four's perspective. Each brief story explores the world of the Divergent series through the eyes of the mysterious but charismatic Tobias Eaton, revealing previously unknown facets of his personality, backstory, and relationships.

When stars fall, destiny calls. But some secrets must stay buried. Three epic adventures. One legendary saga. 24,000 B.C. When a falling star fractures her world, fierce young hunter Kaya battles ancient terrors while haunted by mysterious visions of Ethan, a brilliant young man from a distant future whose voice calls to her across the veil of time. Their worlds collide in an epic saga of star-crossed love, primal courage, and cosmic peril as Kaya and Ethan race against time to stop an ancient darkness from consuming everything they hold dear. But some secrets should never be awakened. And ...

Reaching the end of their flight in The Knife of Never Letting Go, Todd and Viola did not find healing and hope in Haven. They found instead their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss, waiting to welcome them to New Prentisstown. There they are forced into separate lives: Todd to prison, and Viola to a house of healing where her wounds are treated. Soon Viola is swept into the ruthless activities of the Answer, while Todd faces impossible choices when forced to join the mayor’s oppressive new regime.

Six months after the fall of The Program, ex-handler Michael Realm is struggling with his guilt. After all, he was instrumental in erasing the memories of several patients - including one he claimed to love. With a lifetime of regret stretched before him, Realm vows to set things right.

When her grandmother is cast out as unworthy after facing Hamelin’s annual Shunning, Scarlett knows she must brave the dangers of Darkwood Forest if she’s to have any chance of saving her. Her perilous adventure becomes a race against time; she needs to find Gran before the previously shunned get to her first. Scarlett’s efforts come too late. As her magic dwindles the farther into the forest she ventures, she becomes hopelessly lost and is forced to accept help from Greyson, the shapeshifting wolf who is stalking her every footstep—and who Scarlett suspects of knowing Gran’s location.

Seventeen-year-old Moxie has just been given an extraordinary offer: to become the youngest human ever to receive eternal life. The physical body must be cast off, but it’s a small price to pay to live forever. Thrilled at first; doubts soon crop up. Her nannybot and friends are all in favor, but Moxie isn’t convinced and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. She must decide if her physical body is a worthless vestige like an appendix, or an integral part of who she is.

Maximillian has defected. The god-king Nero has bled. And now, the High Vassal has stolen an AirGuard and sought shelter among Earth's last surviving military stronghold: The United Kingdom. But in an unthinkable twist, Colonel Thomas Drexler's son, Sage, has also switched sides, joining up with the youth organization Friends of Nero. What the Colonel doesn't know is that Sage desires to infiltrate Nero's inner circle and kill him, bringing vengeance and justice for all the Christians who have paid the ultimate price.

Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That's fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother, Lugh, is around. But when a monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba's world is shattered. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest to get him back.