Wadleigh Memorial Library

Anderson, M.T.  Feed.
YA F And
In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

Armstrong, Jennifer. The Kindling (Fire-us Trilogy #1).
YA F Arm
In 2007, a small band of children have joined together in a Florida town, trying to survive in a world where it seems that all the adults have been killed off by a catastrophic virus.

Bachorz, Pam.  Candor.
YA F Bac
For a fee, "model teen" Oscar Banks has been secretly - and selectively -  sabotaging the subliminal messages that program the behavior of the residents of Candor, Florida, until his attraction to a rebellious new girl threatens to expose his subterfuge.    

Bechard, Margaret.  Spacer and Rat.
YA F Bec
Jack's predictable existence on Freedom space station is transformed when Kit, the Earthie rat, enters his life and enlists him and a sensitive robot in an effort to outwit the Company.

Colfer, Eoin.  The Supernaturalist.
YA F Col
In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.

Collins, Suzanne.  The Hunger Games.
YA F Col
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss’s skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place.     

Haddix, Margaret Peterson.  Turnabout.
YA F Had
“It isn't natural for you to be younger than your great-grandchildren. We messed around with nature, and we shouldn't have.” Melly and Anny Beth both lived normal lives throughout the 20th century. But in 2000, when they are old and ready to die, they are selected to participate in Project Turnabout and are given an injection to make them grow younger...

Halam, Ann.  Dr. Franklin’s Island.
YA F Hal
When their plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean, three science students are left stranded on a tropical island and then imprisoned by a doctor who is performing horrifying experiments on humans involving the transfer of animal genes.

McNaughton, Janet.  Secret Under My Skin.
YA F McN
In the year 2368, humans exist under dire environmental conditions and one young woman, rescued from a workcamp and chosen for a special duty, uses her love of learning to discover the truth about the planet's future and her own dark past.

Ness, Patrick.  The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1).
YA F Nes
Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World. 

Oppel, Kevin.  Airborn.
YA F Opp
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.

Paulsen, Gary.  The Transall Saga.
YA F Pau
While backpacking in the desert, thirteen-year-old Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world, where he must use his knowledge and skills to survive.

Pearson, Mary.  The Adoration of Jenna Fox.
YA F Pea
In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.     

Pfeffer, Susan Beth.  Life As We Knew It.
YA F Pfe
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.   The story continues in The Dead and the Gone.

Philbrick, W. Rodman.  Last Book in the Universe.
YA F Phi
A thousand years in the future, an earthquake destroys much of the planet, and an epileptic teenager nicknamed Spaz begins the heroic fight to bring human intelligence back to Earth.

Reeve, Philip.  Mortal Engines (Hungry City Chronicles).
YA F Ree
In the distant future, when cities move about and consume smaller towns, a fifteen-year-old apprentice is pushed out of London by the man he most admires and must seek answers in the perilous Out-Country, aided by one girl and the memory of another.

Shusterman, Neal.  Unwind.
YA F Shu
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives “unwound” and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs – and, perhaps, save their own lives.   

Wasserman, Robin.  Skinned.
YA F Was
To save her from dying in a horrible accident, Lia’s wealthy parents transplant her brain into a mechanical body.

Werlin, Nancy.  Double Helix.
YA F Wer
Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his life and his family while working for a Nobel Prize-winning scientist whose specialty is genetic engineering.

Westerfeld, Scott.  Uglies.
YA F Wes
Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license – for turning pretty. In Tally’s world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. But Tally’s new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She’d rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world – and it isn’t very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.

White, Andrea.  Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083.
YA F Whi
In the year 2083, five fourteen-year-olds who were deprived by chance of the opportunity to continue their educations reenact Scott's 1910-1913 expedition to the South Pole as contestants on a reality television show, secretly aided by a Department of Entertainment employee.