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  4 0 Hi, I'm a Teen Services Librarian at the Seattle Public Library. Here are a few dystopian/post-apocalyptic YA series that I would recommend for you. They're action-packed and the romance element is not as strong or basically non-existent. The Maze Runner by James Dashner. 16-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in a community of teenage boys who are trying to solve a mysterious maze and avoid deadly traps and disgusting alien creatures that are trying to kill them. First in a series, the second is called The Scorch Trials. http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&q=maze+runner Shipbreaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. In a post-apocalyptic Gulf Coast, teenager Nailer scavenges the wrecks of oil tankers in order to eke out a living and avoid the wrath of his dangerous, drug-addicted father. But when he finds the shipwreck of an expensive clipper ship after a huge storm, Nailer has to make a choice: will he help the young girl he finds in the shipwreck or take the wealth and escape his miserable life? First in a planned series. http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2653293030_ship_breaker The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (book 1 of the Chaos Walking trilogy) Todd Hewitt lives in a world without women, and where the thoughts of other men and animals constantly invade his head (and everyone else's) as Noise. When one day he discovers a silence in the woods outside of town, he is forced to go on the run from the sadistic Mayor of his town and begins to learn unsettling truths about the history of his community. http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/2512103030_the_knife_of_never_letting_go For more titles like these, check out some of the lists in the Seattle Public Library's new catalog created by other readers & librarians: http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/list/show/72612279_dly1/72983036_if_you_liked_the_hunger_games http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/list/show/73380305_librarianista/73833160_if_you_loved_the_hunger_games,_try_ http://seattle.bibliocommons.com/list/show/71513322_sccl_teens/71809693_teens_read_hunger_games_read-a-likes Or contact the library and get your own personalized reading list. Tell us more about what you like to read and we will send you a list of 5 recommendations, just for you. Just use our email form to ask for some good books to read and we'll get back to you with some suggestions within 24 hours. http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=info_help_ask_email I hope you like some of these books! Happy reading! Abby Abby Bass answered in Books & Writing about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by Peter F… 0 0 Thanks for these! My 13 year old son loved Hunger Games and these are great recommendations! Peter F commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 I agree with Abby... Patrick Ness' The Knife of Never Letting Go Shipbreaker by Paolo Bacigalupi Recently nominated for a National Book Award also, Gone by Michael Hunt Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld smeister answered in Books & Writing about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 Hi! Like Abby, I'm also a Teen Services Librarian at Seattle Public Library. It so happens that I just wrote a post for the library's blog on this very topic, which you can check out here: http://shelftalk.spl.org/2010/10/20/after-the-hunger-games/ With the semi-exception of Birthmarked, none of the books I suggest in the post has a strong romance element, and they all have strong action and/or nail-biting, will-they-make-it? suspense. Hayden Seattle Public Library, Central hayden answered in Books & Writing about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  2 0 This is pretty much what Hunger Games was based on (or at least has a LOT of similarities): http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royale-Koushun-Takami/dp/156931778X/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1286654389&sr=8-4 And the book is awesome. The other book that I would recommend is: http://www.amazon.com/Little-Brother-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765323117/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286654469&sr=1-1 It is one of the best YA books that I have ever read. I wish that I had been able to read it when I was a kid - and I constantly try to force it on people (adults and teens) now. Here is a great article on the Stranger that talks about why this is such a monumental book: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/living-in-a-sci-fi-novel/Content?oid=4039430 Basil answered in Books & Writing about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 I also loved the Hunger Games and found another series of futuristic-dystopian-authoritarian-twisted-fun books called "The Uglies Series" by Scott Westerfeld. It starts with "The Uglies", then "The Pretties", "The Specials" and "The Extras". They are a great, fast-paced read, also with a female heroione named Tally Youngblood. Tally and her friends live in a future world where, until the age of 16, everyone is "ugly". Then, after a special operation, you become a "pretty", a vapid, self-possessed being with little purpose. Tally is on the eve of her operation when a friend convinces her to steal away from her city where she discovers a whole new world outside of what she knows. It is pretty awesome and has some funny commentary on US History and concepts of beauty. Enjoy! Ak Bennett answered in Books & Writing about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 A couple great series that haven't been mentioned yet: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer Tomorrow, When the War Began by James Marsden annabee answered in Books & Writing about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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