There have been a lot of really excellent dystopian YA lit released recently, probably due to the success of Hunger Games. A few suggestions: Legend by Marie Lu Legend by Marie Lu pits a young female prodigy born into privledge against a streetwise young man fighting against The Republic. There is a lot of action played out in a dystopian future version of the US, and civil disobedience in a Hunger Games kind of way. Super fast moving, exciting, and enthralling! I also like that it has an equally capable male and female protagonist.
Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline is another dystopian Sci Fi/future novel that was really excellent! Published as an adult book but has a teenage protagonist. Very well written.
If he's into fantasy, I really enjoyed Poison Study by Maria Snyder. It features a young woman about to be executed, and instead is offered the option to become the king's poison tester. I reviewed both these books here.
(ETA: Both Ready Player One and Poison Study feature LGBT characters in a nice way. And also strong female characters! :D )
I haven't read Divergent yet, but it's supposed to be really good!
I just read Matched this week...I think it's intended more for a female audience but it's pretty interesting nonetheless...it's a sort of Giver style society where everything down to your spouse and your career is picked out for you, plus a few elements of Fahrenheit 451 thrown in (there are only 100 Poems saved from the previous society, and having other poems is illegal, that sort of thing).
This is one of my fave genres so if I think of any more I'll let you know! :D
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Legend by Marie Lu
Legend by Marie Lu pits a young female prodigy born into privledge against a streetwise young man fighting against The Republic. There is a lot of action played out in a dystopian future version of the US, and civil disobedience in a Hunger Games kind of way. Super fast moving, exciting, and enthralling! I also like that it has an equally capable male and female protagonist.
Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline is another dystopian Sci Fi/future novel that was really excellent! Published as an adult book but has a teenage protagonist. Very well written.
If he's into fantasy, I really enjoyed Poison Study by Maria Snyder. It features a young woman about to be executed, and instead is offered the option to become the king's poison tester. I reviewed both these books here.
(ETA: Both Ready Player One and Poison Study feature LGBT characters in a nice way. And also strong female characters! :D )
I haven't read Divergent yet, but it's supposed to be really good!
I just read Matched this week...I think it's intended more for a female audience but it's pretty interesting nonetheless...it's a sort of Giver style society where everything down to your spouse and your career is picked out for you, plus a few elements of Fahrenheit 451 thrown in (there are only 100 Poems saved from the previous society, and having other poems is illegal, that sort of thing).
This is one of my fave genres so if I think of any more I'll let you know! :D