Suzanne Collins' trilogy following the intrepid and irrepressable Katniss Everdeen as she fights for her life, and for a better world, is one of the most popular and engrossing series' in recent years.
If you've finished The Hunger Games and are wondering what to pick up next, why not try one of these gems. All available in the Library. Excitement guaranteed.
Battle Royale, K. Takami
Adapted from the acclaimed cult film and set in an alternate dystopian Japan, this novel sees a class of schoolchildren abducted and forced to fight their friends until only one student stands. Can orphan Shuya find a way to escape the game? Can he trust any of his (former) friends? Pick up this classic thriller and find out.
Birthmarked Series, C.M. O'Brien
In this chilling trilogy, a post-climate change world is divided between those who live inside the wall, and those, like sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone, who live outside. Gaia and her mother are midwives, delivering babies for 'advancement' inside the walls and are content with their lot in life. Until Gaia's mother is brutally taken away by the very people she serves.
The Long Walk, Stephen King
100 Boys. One contest. The winner gets whatever his heart desires. All you have to do is keep walking. Drop below 4 mph and you'll be shot in the head. Think you have what it takes to be the last man standing?
Thomas wakes up in a metal box with no memories except his name. When the doors open he emerges into an area known only as The Glade, full of boys who arrived just like him, one a month for the past two years. Beyond the Glade lies an expansive maze. Unable to remember who he is or how he came to be trapped, will Thomas ever be able to escape his fate?
Ender's Game, O.S. Card
Ender's Game, O.S. Card
In order to defend against the advance of an insectile alien race threatening humankind, promising children are cherrypicked for training at high-tech Battle School. Ender is the only one in his family to have made the grade, much to the annoyance of his psychopathic brother. Ender's skills quickly make him a leader within the school, but is he the one Earth has been waiting for? Will he be able to end the 100 year war and restore peace to the galaxy?
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