Annotation: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. First in the Chaos Walking series. Grade 9 - up

Annotation:Australian friends return from a camping trip in the outback to discover that enemy forces have invaded the country and imprisoned everyone in town. Vol. 1 in the Tomorrow series. Grade 8 - 12

Annotation:Marcus is wise to the ways of the networked world and has no trouble outwitting his high school's intrusive but clumsy surveillance systems. But when he and his friends are accidentally caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack they are whisked away to a secret prison where they're interrogated for days. Grade 9 - up

Annotation:Sixteen-year-old Maxo Strang, the most perfect human ever made, suddenly discovers a crack in his face, which leads him to expose his community's dark underworld of secret scientific research and the city's corrupt supreme leader. Grade 7 - up

Annotation:Fourteen-year-old Linus, who is approaching the test that will determine in which Realm he will live, rejects the accepted way of life and ventures to change his destiny. Sequel: The Second Life of Linus Hoppe. Grade 6 - 9

Annotation:In a future North America, an annual televised survival competition pits young people from each of the twelve districts against one another. Sixteen-year-old Katniss voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in a fight where only one person will survive. First in a series. Grade 7 - up

Annotation:Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all. First in a series. Grade 7 - up