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.

Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Alexie writes funny, frank novels about the harsh realities of being Native American today.

If you like your science fiction dystopian (a la 1984), you must read Doctorow’s first young adult novel. After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

Grieving after the drowning death of her sister, thirteen-year-old Nico falls into a seductive and dangerous relationship with her sister's enigmatic boyfriend during a summer when she realizes that she has moved beyond the help of her parents.

A must-read for all fans of fantasy and romance. Beauty is smart, practical, and selfless, and her journey toward loving herself (and the Beast) is nothing short of magic.

West Virginia native Myers does not shy away from the gritty reality of urban living or of war. Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him.

Got disaster on the brain? 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. Don't miss the companion novel, The Dead and Gone.

Over the centuries, the inhabitants of author Edith Wharton's fictional mansion, Kerfol, are haunted by the ghosts of dead dogs, fractured relationships, and the bitter taste of revenge. Noyes is a master of gothic horror.

A book about boys and sports that will appeal to anyone who has a heart. Athletically gifted TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team made up of the school misfits.

In an overcrowded future, Earth's surplus population is dispersed throughout history, but the system that makes this possible is about to collapse with deadly consequences. This book has it all: mystery, politics, action, history, suspense, and science fiction.

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.

See what all the buzz is about... When seventeen-year-old Bella moves to Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.