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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:
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.
But I finished Mary Pearson's amazing book The Adoration of Jenna Fox (which my daughter has now started, although I'm wondering if it's a little too mature for her but we'll see - having been a bit of a precocious reader myself, I tend to err on the side of leniency when it comes to letting her read books) and then after reading THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS (which I LOVED) I started the book I'd picked up at the library before Jenna Fox and Frankie arrived by mail - Neal Shusterman's UNWIND.
Without wanting to give too much away about either JENNA FOX or UNWIND book, they are interesting books to read in tandem. I'm on a bit of a Neal Shusterman kick at the moment. He's really masterful at plot, which is something I can only dream about. I'm hoping maybe if I read enough of his books some insight on how to be a better plotter will subconsciously work its way into my brain.
Or not. But either way, his books are excellent!
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By: Sarah Darer Littman,
on 5/28/2008