The Best Dystopias Books for Kids

Summary: Ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment, James Anderson is tired of being underestimated and wants to strike the threats against his world himself. Rosabelle Wolff must stay away from James and the feelings he stirs in her if she is to keep convincing her handlers she is still working to destroy the rebel regime. And Warner, unsure of Rosabelle's true motives, faces a choice where every road leads to heartbreak. The third book of the second Shatter Me series.

Summary: In Canaan, every twelve years, memories vanish in the Forgetting. Nadia, the only one who remembers, must unravel the city's secrets. As chaos looms, she and Gray, a glassblower, face an unseen threat. Can they save their world and each other before everything is forgotten?

Summary: A century after nuclear war, 100 juvenile delinquents are sent to a ravaged Earth to recolonize. Clarke, haunted by her past, Wells, driven by love, and Bellamy, protecting his sister, face a perilous mission. As secrets unravel and survival becomes uncertain, these unlikely heroes might be humanity's last hope. Can they overcome the planet's dangers and their own demons?

Summary: In an alternate future where the Cold War still rages, four teenage criminals with dark skills and darker secrets are offered a fresh start at a secret military academy: a disgraced political heir, a ruthless strategist, a former pageant queen and a soldier with an enigmatic past. Instead of training to end the war, they are sent on a mysterious mission that will test their loyalties and may change the world.