Hi Everyone! It’s Miss Jamie from the Youth Services team. Lately, I feel like we are living right in the middle of a dystopian novel. That made me think of some of the great YA Dystopian lit there is to read out there. While our libraries are closed, there are lots of great online services you have access to with your library card if you go to our website, www.floydlibrary.org (make sure you check out our new page on Digital Services!). One of my favorite services is Libby. To use Libby, you just need your library card number and your Pin (the last four digits of your phone number) and you’re ready to use the app. Here are some great YA Dystopian Novels you can read from the Libby app:
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau – Available as an Audiobook and eBook – In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Divergent by Veronica Roth – Available as an Audiobook and eBook – In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue. On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is-she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
The Giver by Lois Lowry – Available as an Audiobook and eBook – In Lois Lowry’s Newbery Medal-winning classic, twelve-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community.
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness – Available as an ebook – 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.
Legend by Marie Lu – Available as an eBook – In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
Matched by Ally Condie – Available as an Audiobook and eBook – All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, whom to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn’t be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky’s face show up on her match disk as well?
The Maze Runner by James Dashner – Available as an Audiobook and eBook – Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
One of the best things about each of these titles is, they’re all the first in their series. So, if you find a book you like, you can continue the story with the next title in the series – you’ve got plenty of time to read, am I right? Stay safe, everyone.
