{"id":32181,"date":"2013-07-23T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T13:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=32181"},"modified":"2013-07-23T15:32:38","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T19:32:38","slug":"dystopian-future-ya-book-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=32181","title":{"rendered":"Dystopian Future: YA Book Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Renee Holden, Head Editor, <a title=\"INALJ Nebraska\" href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?page_id=5707\" target=\"_blank\">INALJ Nebraska<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dystopian Future: YA Book Recommendations<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/reneeh1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13174\" alt=\"reneeh1\" src=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/reneeh1-300x161.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a>I have had a lot of teens come to the reference desk recently saying that they want to read something similar to the Hunger Games.\u00a0 When I ask them what they liked about the book they always say that they would love to live during that time.\u00a0 \u201cA fight to the death!\u201d they exclaim \u201cThat would be cool.\u201d\u00a0 I think to myself\u2026really&#8230;a fight to the death on live TV\u2026I\u2019m not too sure about that.<\/p>\n<p>So, here are my top 5 dystopian book recommendations that keep the teens coming back for more.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Delirium<\/span><\/b> by Lauren Oliver<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love.\u00a0 This cure leads to a safe and happy life, until 95 days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.\u00a0 Delirium is such an enchanting story.\u00a0 It was beautifully written and brilliantly told.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Divergent<\/span><\/b> by Veronica Roth<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice must choose among five predetermined groups 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, and that the society she lives in is not so perfect after all.\u00a0 Divergent is full of adventure, romance, and it really makes you think.\u00a0 What are virtues?\u00a0 Can\u2019t we have more than one virtue?\u00a0 The moral dilemmas the characters face are believable.\u00a0 You won\u2019t be able to put this book down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Legend<\/span><\/b> by Marie Lu<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Legend <\/i>leads you slowly to the edge of your seat, wanting more by the end.\u00a0 It involves a boy named Day who is living in poverty, wanting a cure for his family, and one of the government\u2019s more wanted criminals, and a girl named June who is living in riches and is one of the government\u2019s top agents.\u00a0 After the murder of June\u2019s brother, June and Day meet unexpectedly and find out a terrifying truth about what exactly happened that night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Matched<\/span><\/b> by Ally Condie<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Imagine living in a world where everything is decided for you\u2026what you eat\u2026where you love\u2026when you die\u2026who you love.\u00a0 The officials who run Cassia\u2019s society leave nothing up to choice.\u00a0 It makes for a more equal and controlled world.\u00a0 This book has an engaging, riveting plot that puts a completely modern spin on Romeo &amp; Juliet.\u00a0 Teen girls love the forbidden romance aspect and teen boys love the ever-present danger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Uglies<\/span><\/b> by Scott Westerfeld<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Everybody get to be supermodel gorgeous.\u00a0 What\u2019s wrong with that?\u00a0 In Tally\u2019s world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a paradise where your only job is to have a really great time.\u00a0 Tally turns sixteen in just a few weeks and she and her new friend will be turned.\u00a0 However, her friend isn\u2019t sure that she wants to be pretty.\u00a0 When she runs away, Tally learns about the cost of being pretty and she isn\u2019t sure she likes it.\u00a0 The authorities then offer Tally the worst choice imaginable\u2026find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all.\u00a0 This book is fast paced and full of adventure and really makes you think about what is pretty and the price of true beauty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Renee Holden, Head Editor, INALJ Nebraska Dystopian Future: YA Book Recommendations I have had a lot of teens come to the reference desk recently saying that they want to read something similar to the Hunger Games.\u00a0 When I ask them what they liked about the book they always say that they would love to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=32181\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[233,3592,4697,4979,3787,3946,4980],"class_list":["post-32181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-articles-2","tag-blog","tag-book-recommendations","tag-dystopian-novels","tag-inalj-nebraska","tag-renee-holden","tag-ya-books"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1WoMK-8n3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}