what are some books similar to the hunger games ?

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hi, i am looking for a books like the hunger games , I also enjoed divergant, graceling and the tomorrow when the war began series, i usally like book that are written in first person and centered around a girl although it does not have to be :) also with a background romance is good. any suggestions would be extremely helpful ! Thank You
 
L.J. Adlington (YA ADLINGTON)
Tony V’s life changes the moment he picks up the diary. Who is Pelly D., and what secrets does her
diary hold? [Grades 7-10]
Feed
M.T. Anderson (YA ANDERSON)
The Internet and television can be piped directly into your brain, and you can be carefully controlled.
[Grades 8+]
Spacer and Rat
Margaret Bechard (YA BECHARD)
Jack has lead a perfectly nice life in space but when he meets an Earthie named Kit, his perceptions
change. [Grades 6-9]
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury (YA BRADBURY)
Firemen don’t exist to fight fires; they’re here to set them. [Grades 9+]
Obernewtyn Chronicles [series]
Isobelle Carmody (YA CARMODY)
If only people knew that being born stupid and unremarkable was the real blessing… otherwise, you
get sent to Obernewtyn. [Grades 7-9]
Graceling
Kristin Cashore (YA CASHORE)
Some people are born with a Grace — a special ability. Katsa’s Grace is killing… and a corrupt king is
ready to exploit it. [Grades 8-11]
The Supernaturalist
Eoin Colfer (YA COLFER)
In a world where cities have become businesses and parasites feed off of the living, Cosmo will be lucky
to see his 15th birthday. [Grades 6-9]
Little Brother
Cory Doctorow (YA DOCTOROW)
After a massive terrorist attack, the government revokes all personal privacies. But when they
threaten Marcus, he decides that someone needs to be watching the watchers. [Grades 9+]
Beaverton City Library
Upd. 3/09 – CM & CLG
City of Ember [series]
Jeanne DuPrau (YA DUPRAU)
In a city that will soon be in perpetual darkness, can Lina and Doon find the light? [Grades 6-8]
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
Nancy Farmer (YA FARMER)
When General Matsika’s children are kidnapped, the Ear, the Eye, and the Arm must find them amongst gangsters, toxic waste dumps, and mutants. [Grades 7-10]
The House of The Scorpion
Nancy Farmer (YA FARMER)
A powerful Mexican drug lord has managed to live for over a century thanks to transplants from an army of clones… until Matt, his latest clone, enters the picture. [Grades 6-10]
The Girl Who Could Fly
Victoria Forester (YA FORESTER)
When Piper reveals that she can fly, she is quickly taken to a government facility to be trained. But something is very, very wrong. [Grades 5-7]
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman (YA GAIMAN)
No good deed ever goes unpunished. [Grades 10+]
Lord of the Flies
William Golding (YA GOLDING)
When their plane crashes on a deserted island, can a group of schoolboys survive the wild… and each other? [Grades 9+]
Among the Hidden [series]
Margaret Peterson Haddix (YA HADDIX)
Luke is the third child in a world that doesn’t allow more than 2 children per family. His options are hiding or dying. [Grades 5-8]
Double Identity
Margaret Peterson Haddix (YA HADDIX)
Bethany is left with a lot of unanswered questions when she is abandoned with an aunt she never met. What are her parents hiding? [Grades 5-8]
Dr. Franklin’s Island
Ann Halam (YA HALAM)
It’s a race for survival for three teens when a plane crash leaves them on a small deserted island. Or is it deserted after all? [Grades 8-11]
Epic [series]
Conor Kostick (YA KOSTICK)
In New Earth, violence is banned. All conflict must be settled by a deadly video game. [Grades 8+]
Beaverton City Library
Upd. 3/09 – CM & CLG
The Goodness Gene
Sonia Levitin (YA LEVITIN)
After the nuclear fallout, surviving humans must live in a controlled environment, where babies are born in test tubes and everything from travel to sex is rationed by pleasure stamps. [Grades 8+]
The Declaration [series]
Gemma Malley (YA MALLEY)
In a society where you can live forever if you agree never to have children… what do you do with the Surpluses? [Grades 6-8]
Wicked Lovely
Melissa Marr (YA MARR)
Aislinn just wanted to keep her head down and survive to her 18th birthday. She never asked to be a pawn in an unseen faery war. [Grades 9+]
 
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