Here is a list of our favorite dystopian books for teens. These titles are classified as Teen Middle School (TM) and can be found in the Teen section of the library. |
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Evan Miller is Waking Down
by Jerel Law
Fifteen-year-old Evan Miller's dreambending power takes him outside the limits of City 47, but when the Elders discover his nonconforming ability, he is forced to flee.
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Zombie Train
by David Macinnis Gill
Riding out the zombie apocalypse on his crew's pieced-together train, Dax must decide between searching for the cure and protecting those entrusted in his care when a mysterious girl arrives with stories of a so-called Nirvana and a potential cure for the zombie parasite.
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Izzy at the End of the World
by K. A. Reynolds
An autistic girl faced with disaster, Izzy Wilder and her dog Akka set out to discover the truth behind humanity's disappearance, facing life's greatest mysteries as they uncover the true endurance of the human spirit to save the world.
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Two Degrees
by Alan Gratz
While each experiencing three climate disasters, four kids discover they are connected in shocking ways that could alter their destinies forever, in this edge-of-your-seat adventure tackling the urgent topic of climate change.
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The Last Cuentista
by Donna Barba Higuera
Había una vez...There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children--among them Petra and her family--have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet--and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again?
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Alebrijes
by Donna Barba Higuera
When thirteen-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city's walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, and fellow outcasts as he tries to save his sister and fellow Cascabeles from the oppressive regime.
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Children of the Flying City
by Jason Sheehan
Brought to the flying city of Highgate when he was only five years old, orphan Milo Quick has never known another home. A massive armada has surrounded Highgate's crumbling armaments. Because behind locked doors the once-great flying city protects a powerful secret, hidden away for centuries. One small airship, the Halcyon, has slipped through the ominous blockade on a mission to collect Milo--and the rich bounty on his head--before the fighting begins.
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Alex Wise vs. the End of the World
by Terry J. Benton-Walker
While on summer vacation, 12-year-old Alex Wise must save his sister, who's been possessed by the ancient spirit of Death, and stop the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse from destroying Los Angeles—and the world.
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The Maze Cutter
by James Dashner
70 years after the events of THE DEATH CURE, when Thomas and other immunes were sent to an island to survive the Flare-triggered apocalypse, their descendants have thrived. But when a rusty old boat shows up one day with a woman bearing dark news of the mainland, a group of the islanders decide to embark back to civilization. There they find that many have evolved into a more violent, intelligent version of Cranks due to a new string of the virus, and they are hunting those whose ancestors were sent away by Ava Paige. The islanders will have to survive long enough to figure out why they are hunted and what it means for the future of humanity.
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Project F
by Jeanne DuPrau
In a world where cars, planes, TVs, and smart phones are things of the past, 13-year-old Keith uncovers a mysterious mission known only as Project F and must choose between doing the right thing for his community and pursuing his dreams of adventure.
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Gone Wolf
by Amber McBride
In her first middle-grade novel, an award-winning author explores Black pain, trauma, and ultimately, healing through the story of what might happen if white supremacists ceded from the rest of the country.
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The Last Beekeeper
by Pablo Cartaya
In a future shaken by climate disasters, twelve-year-old Yoland Ciceron struggles to get away from the grueling life of farming and discovers her only chance of survival may lie in the rediscovery of a long-extinct species--the honeybee.
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It's the End of the World and I'm In My Bathing Suit
by Justin A. Reynolds
When the electricity goes out, twelve-year-old Eddie and his friends set out to investigate what is going on when they make the startling discovery that they are the only ones left in their neighborhood--and perhaps the only people left anywhere.
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Hunters of the Lost City
by Kali Wallace
Twelve-year-old Octavia, who grew up believing her town was the only one left after a magical war, meets a girl from outside her town and tries to uncover the truth about her world.
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D-39: A Robodog's Journey
by Irene Latham
A robodog, D-39, and his human friends discover challenges, danger, and the strength to persevere in this war and survival dystopian novel in verse about friendship and family.
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Last Pick
by Jason Walz
In a world where aliens have taken over Earth, abducted every human they deemed useful, and abandoned the rest, twins Sam and Wyatt struggle to start a revolution of the unwanteds.
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One Small Hop
by Madelyn Rosenberg
Discovering what may be the last surviving bullfrog in a near-future North America, Ahab and his friends decide to locate another bullfrog on the black market to save all of frogkind, with unexpected results.
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Flood City
by Daniel José Older
A boy from the Earth’s last inhabitable city and a young space soldier questioning his leaders’ genocidal orders become unlikely partners in an effort to stop a war and save the planet.
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Spill Zone
by Scott Westerfeld
When a disaster destroys her city, ends her parents' lives, and leaves her sister badly scarred, Addison earns money by taking photographs of the devastation for high-paying art collectors, including an eccentric patron who offers a million dollars for a life-risking image.
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The Shadow Cipher
by Laura Ruby
A debut entry in an alternate-history series depicts three kids who try to solve a modern-world puzzle and complete a treasure hunt laid into the streets and buildings of New York City. By the National Book Award finalist author of Bone Gap.
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