Armstrong, Jennifer

Kindling

HarperCollins, 2002

224 pages

In 2007 children,earth's only survivors, search for others.

 

Duprau, Jeanne

City of Ember

Random House, 2003

288 pages

#1 -Two 12 year olds help their people out of an underground city.

 

Duprau, Jeanne

People of Sparks

Random House, 2004

352 pages

#2 - Can the underground people survive on earth?

 

Farmer, Nancy

The House of the Scorpion

Atheneum, 2002

400 pages

Matt is a clone of El Patron, a powerful drug lord who lives in a country which lies between Mexico and the U.S.  He exists primarily so that his organs may be harvested when El Patron needs them.

 

Haddix, Margaret

Among the Hidden

Simon & Schuster, 1998

160 pages

Luke, a third child, avoids the population police of the future.

 

 

Haddix, Margaret

Turnabout

Simon & Schuster, 2000

223 pages

A fascinating journal about reverse aging and its implications.

 

Patterson, James

Maximum Ride:  The Angel Experiment

Little Brown, 2001 

464 pages 

Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman, and Angel are kids who are pretty normal-except that they're 98% human, 2% bird. 

 

Pfeffer, Susan Beth

Life As We Knew It

Harcourt, 2006

337 pages

Miranda's normal life as a teen changes drastically when a catastrophic astronomical event takes place.

 

 

Philbrick, Rodman

Last Book in the Universe, The

Blue Sky Press, 2000

223 pages

In 3005, after a disaster Spaz fights to save intelligence.

 

Smith, Roland

Cryptid Hunters

Hyperion, 2005

352 pages

Twins in Congo search for lost dinosaur and secrets of parentage.

 

Smith, Roland

Sasquatch

Hyperion, 1998

190 pages

Dylan's dad comes back from the woods acting strange.

 

Stewart, Trenton Lee

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Little, Brown, 2007,

486 pages

5.6 MG

Four highly intelligent but lonely children pass tests which lead them into quest designed by Mr. Benedict.  He sends them on a mysterious mission to save the world from a man who is trying to control the world through mind messages sent out through the media.  They learn teamwork and also belief in themselves. 

 

Vande Velde, Vivian

Now You See It

Harcourt, 2005

288 pages

Wendy's new glasses help her see things in a very new way.

 

Westerfeld, Scott

Uglies (Uglies Trilogy Book 1)

 Simon Pulse, 2005

425 pages

5.2 MG

Tally thinks she wants the operation everyone has at sixteen which makes them "pretty," or physically attractive and alluring to others.  But then she meets Shay who is not so sure that having the operation is the best course of action because she sees better options outside the city of Uglyville and New Pretty. 

Pretties (Uglies Trilogy Book 2)

Simon Pulse, 2005

370 pages

5.7 MG

Now that Tally is a "Pretty," she doesn't remember too much of living in the wild with the "new smokies."  However, her memories start coming back when she gets "bubbly" or excited, and she begins to believe that all young people who have had the Operation have had their minds altered as well as their bodies. 

 

Williams, Mark London

Danger Boy: Ancient Fire (Episode 1)

Candlewick, 2004

210 pages

4.9 MG

The year is 2019 and a secret government agency is forcing Eli's dad to continue with his time-travel experiments, even though Eli's mom has just disappeared in one. Now Eli has a ridiculous new code name — and a gravely important mission. (Card Catalog Description)  

 

Zindel, Paul

Raptor

Hyperion, 1998

176 pages

A teenage boy hunts for mutant dinosaurs.