It might seem like nothing could match The Hunger Games, but there are already lots of great choices out there.
In fact, the hardest part may not be finding great dystopian series, but trying to decide which one to begin first.
Here's just a sample:
In fact, the hardest part may not be finding great dystopian series, but trying to decide which one to begin first.
Here's just a sample:
The Legend series by Marie Lu is set on the flooded coast of former Los Angeles and is told from the perspective of two 15-year-old characters on either side of a civil war. Los Angeles is now the Republic, a nation at war with its neighbors and riddled with a plague. Born of the slums, a boy named Day steals to keep his family alive and rebels against the state police, and June, a military prodigy from an elite family, hunts him down. The two seem to be from different worlds until June's brother is murdered and they discover the sinister truth behind the plague that's killing the nations' poor people. The second book, Patriot, comes out this fall. Penguin, $17.99, ages 12 and up, 336 pages.
The Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness is about 13-year-old Todd, the only boy in a town of men where everyone's thoughts can be heard. The town is run by a corrupt mayor who wants to vest control of the planet and wipe out its indigenous alien race and Todd, an orphan, is determined to stop him with the help of Viola Eade, a girl who crash lands on his planet. The first book The Knife of Never Letting Go came out in 2008, followed by The Ask and The Answer in 2009 and Monsters of Men in 2010. Candlewick, $18.99 per hardback, $ 9.99 per softcover, ages 14 and up, 496-608 pages. Chaos Walking: The Complete Trilogy is now available as an ebook for $29.97.