What does the future hold?

Dystopian literature is one of my favorite things to read, and has been since I read The Giver as a tween.  These books were probably the ones that I enjoyed the most out of my reading.  Awaken made me think about the future of education, Bumped made me think about how we view teen pregnancy, and Ashes, Ashes was an interesting look at survival.  All three of these books made me wish for a sequel so that I can know what happens to all of the characters!

  Awaken – Katie Kacvinsky

In the year 2060, when people hardly ever leave the security of their houses and instead do everything online, Madeline Freeman, the seventeen-year-old daughter of the man who created the national digital school attended by all citizens, is wooed by a group of radicals who are trying to get people to "unplug."

 

Ashes, Ashes – Jo Treggiari

In a future Manhattan devastated by environmental catastrophes and epidemics, sixteen-year-old Lucy survives alone until vicious hounds target her and force her to join Aidan and his band, but soon they learn that she is the target of Sweepers, who kidnap and infect people with plague.

 

Bumped – Megan McCafferty

In 2036 New Jersey, when teens are expected to become fanatically religious wives and mothers or high-priced Surrogates for couples made infertile by a widespread virus, sixteen-year-old identical twins Melody and Harmony find in one another the courage to believe they have choices.