Thanks for the New Books! ~ November New Books Part 4

Firebug by Lish McBride

Ava, a contracted hit man who can start fires with her mind, hits the road with her friends, desperately trying to escape the Coterie, a magical mafia, while keeping the murder to a minimum after she is asked to kill a family friend by Venus, who killed Ava's mother.

Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth

A collection of four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias's point of view, that follow Tobias's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions, and the weeks after he meets Tris Prior.

Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

Sixteen-year-old Jules Maroni's dream is to follow in her father's footsteps as a high-wire walker. When her family is offered a prestigious role in the new Cirque American, it seems that Jules and the Amazing Maronis will finally get the spotlight they deserve. But the presence of the Flying Garcias may derail her plans. For decades, the two rival families have avoided each other as sworn enemies. Jules ignores the drama and focuses on the wire, skyrocketing to fame as the girl in a red tutu who dances across the wire at death-defying heights. But when she discovers a peacock feather--an infamous object of bad luck--planted on her costume, Jules nearly loses her footing. She has no choice but to seek help from the unlikeliest of people: Remy Garcia, son of the Garcia clan matriarch and the best trapeze artist in the Cirque. As more mysterious talismans believed to possess unlucky magic appear, Jules and Remy unite to find the culprit. And if they don't figure out what's going on soon, Jules may be the first Maroni to do the unthinkable: fall.

Girls Vs. Guys: Surprising Differences Between the Sexes by Michael Rosen

Do mosquitoes bite guys more than girls? Which sex is better at diapering babies, remembering birthdays, or hammering nails? Explore the ways that environment, experience, neurology, physiology, and genetics shape gender behavior--in expected and unexpected ways.

Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A. S. King

Graduating from high school is a time of limitless possibilities--but not for Glory, who has no plan for what's next. Her mother committed suicide when Glory was only four years old, and she's never stopped wondering if she will eventually go the same way...until a transformative night when she begins to experience an astonishing new power to see a person's infinite past and future. From ancient ancestors to many generations forward, Glory is bombarded with visions--and what she sees ahead of her is terrifying: A tyrannical new leader raises an army. Women's rights disappear. A violent second civil war breaks out. And young girls vanish daily, sold off or interned in camps. Glory makes it her mission to record everything she sees, hoping her notes will somehow make a difference. She may not see a future for herself, but she'll do anything to make sure this one doesn't come to pass.

New Audiobooks

5 new audiobooks out on the shelves now!

The Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison

Having experienced compulsive behavior all her life, Lo's symptoms are getting her into trouble when she witnesses a murder while wandering dangerous quarters of Cleveland, Ohio, collecting things that do not belong to her, obsessing about her brother's death.

 

 Scowler by Daniel Kraus

In the midst of a 1981 meteor shower in Iowa, a homicidal maniac escapes from prison and returns to the farm where his nineteen-year-old son, Ry, must summon three childhood toys--Mr. Furrington, Jesus Christ, and Scowler--to protect himself, his eleven-year-old sister, Sarah, and their mother.

 

Teardrop by Lauren Kate

Since Eureka's mother drowned, she wishes she were dead too, but after discovering that an ancient book is more than a story Eureka begins to believe that Ander is right about her being involved in strange things--and in grave danger.

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Beatrice Pryor lives in a dystopian Chicago, which is divided into five factions devoted to different virtues. On a set day every year, sixteen-year-olds must select which faction they will devote the rest of their lives to. Beatrice must choose between staying with her family and being who she really is. Beatrice also has a secret, one she has been warned can mean death if exposed. Now, Beatrice will be forced to make tough choices that can determine the course of her future.

 

 Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.

Teen Advisory Group - December Meeting Notes

Hey YAs,  the TAG met last Saturday for a short, year end meeting.  We mentioned the fact that we will need to start planning soon for the Valentines Murder Mystery in the Library.

The upcoming teen programs are:

Teen Knitting Club - Tuesday, Dec. 10th 7:00-8:00pm
After School Movie: Mortal Instruments - Wednesday, Dec. 11th 3:30-5:30pm
Mockingjay Book Discussion - Tuesday, Dec. 17th 6:00-7:00pm
After School Movie: Despicable Me 2 - Wednesday, Dec. 18th 3:30-5:00pm
Teen Holiday Party - Saturday, Dec. 21st 2:30-4:00pm
Holiday Food Gifts - Monday, Dec. 23rd 4:00-5:00pm
Teen Book Club: Stardust by Neil Gaiman - Special Book + Movie combo - Friday, Dec. 27th 2:00-4:30pm

Program Suggestions

• Wood or soap carving
• dance lesson next year in December

Book Recommendations

• Divergent by Veronica Roth (Hannah)
• Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac (Melanie)
• Fourth Down and Inches by Carla McClafferty (MissG)
• Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits by Rosemary Guiley (Catherine)

Movie and TV Recommendations

• Miracle on 34th Street (Catherine)
• Cats and Dogs (Melanie)
• Peter Pan (2003) (Catherine)
• Catching Fire (Miss G & Hannah)
• Sound of Music (Catherine)
• Chuck (Catherine)
• Cleveland Show (Catherine)
• Torchwood (Hannah)
• Tamako Market (Hannah)
• Adventure Time (MissG)
• Grabbers (Miss G)

Music Recommendations

• She and Him (Catherine)
• Mr. Mrs. (Catherine)
• Judy Garland (Catherine)

 Video Game Recommendations

• Avadon 2: The Corruption (MissG)
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (Hannah)
• Kingdom Hearts (Philip)

Website Recommendations

• Stumbleupon.com (Melanie)
• the works of David Willis (Philip)
• joyceandwolky.com
• shortpacked.com
• dumbingofage.com
• Ava's Demon (Hannah)

 Our next meeting will be Saturday, Jan. 4th 3:00-4:00pm.  See you then!

Voting for the Teens' Top Ten starts today!

Have you guys and girls heard of the Teens' Top Ten?  The Teens' Top Ten is like the teen's choice awards, for books! Teen book groups in sixteen school and public libraries around the country make lists of the books they really liked from last year and those nominations are posted online. Then, you guys read them and starting TODAY you can vote for your favorite online!  Anyone ages 12 to 18 can vote adn the winners will be announced in October.

You can VOTE HERE

Let's meet the books, shall we?  Here are the nominees for best teen books this year:

All Good Children by Catherine Austen

In the not-too-distant future, Max tries to maintain his identity in a world where the only way to survive is to conform and obey.

 (I just got this one, it will be on the shelf soon!)

 Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

Alex, a resourceful seventeen-year-old running from her incurable brain tumor, Tom, who has left the war in Afghanistan, and Ellie, an angry eight-year-old, join forces after an electromagnetic pulse sweeps through the sky and kills most of the world's population, turning some of those who remain into zombies and giving the others superhuman senses.

(YA SFF BIC - I read this one and really liked it)

Abandon by Meg Cabot

A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.

(YA PAR CAB - haven't read this one, but Meg Cabot generally writes good stuff!)

 Tempest by Julie Cross

After his girlfriend Holly is fatally shot during a violent struggle, nineteen-year-old Jackson uses his supernatural abilities and travels back in time two years, where he falls in love with Holly all over again, learns that his father is a spy, and discovers powerful enemies of time who will stop at nothing to recruit him for their own purposes.

(YA SFF CRO - haven't read this one, like time travel thou - its on my to-read list!)

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

Following her parents' bitter divorce as she and her father move from town to town, seventeen-year-old Mclean reinvents herself at each school she attends until she is no longer sure she knows who she is or where she belongs.

(YA FIC DES)

Wither by Lauren DeStefano

After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying at age twenty, girls are kidnapped and married off in order to repopulate the world.

(YA SFF DES - LOVED this one!   Read it!)

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist, reunite in New York and reconnect after the horrific events that tore them apart when Mia almost died in a car accident three years earlier.

(YA FIC FOR)

 

Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen

Will Scarlet shadows Robin Hood, with an unerring eye for finding treasures to steal and throwing daggers with deadly accuracy, but when Gisbourne, a ruthless bounty hunter, is hired by the sheriff to capture Robin and his band of thieves, Robin must become Will's protector risking his own life in the process.

(YA HIS GAU)

 

Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman

Facing the ultimate battle for control of the land she calls home, Eona finds herself waging an internal battle every bit as devastating as the war threatening to break out across the kingdom.

(Don't have this one YET - we do have the books that come before it.  Until we get it, you can always request it from another library)

 

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.

(YA FIC GREE - haven't read this one but everyone else just RAVES about it)

Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge

When Paige Turner and her family move to New York City from rural Virginia, she tries to make sense of her new life through her sketchbook, and it helps bring her true personality into the open, a process that is equal parts terrifying and rewarding.

(YA GN GUL - the only graphic novel on the list)

 

Legend by Marie Lu

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.

(YA SFF LU and YA BCD LU - I LOVEEEE Dystopia!)

Hourglass by Myra McEntire

Seventeen-year-old Emerson uses her power to manipulate time to help Michael, a consultant hired by her brother, to prevent a murder that happened six months ago while simultaneously navigating their undeniable attraction to one another.

(YA PAR MCE)

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.

(YA SFF MEY and YA BCD MEY - This is without a doubt my favorite on this list - CYBORG CINDERELLA? NOTHING could be better!!)

 

Shine by Lauren Myracle

When her best friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover the culprits in her small North Carolina town.

(YA MYS MYR)

 

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

(YA SFF NES)

This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel

When his twin brother falls ill in the family's chateau in the independent republic of Geneva in the eighteenth century, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein embarks on a dangerous and uncertain quest to create the forbidden Elixir of Life described in an ancient text in the family's secret Biblioteka Obscura.

(YA SFF OPP)

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Teenaged Amy, a cryogenically frozen passenger on the spaceship Godspeed, wakes up to discover that someone may have tried to murder her.

(YA SFF REV)

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children , an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience.

(YA SFF RIG)

Divergent by Veronica Roth

  In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

(YA SFF ROT - another great dystopian!)

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.

(YA HIS SEP)

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.

(YA SFF STI and YA BCD STI)

 

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

Told from their own viewpoints, seventeen-year-old Jill, in grief over the loss of her father, and Mandy, nearly nineteen, are thrown together when Jill's mother agrees to adopt Mandy's unborn child but nothing turns out as they had anticipated.

(YA FIC ZAR)

All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin

In a future where chocolate and caffeine are contraband, teenage cellphone use is illegal, and water and paper are carefully rationed, sixteen-year-old Anya Balanchine finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight as heir apparent to an important New York City crime family.

Now get reading and get voting!
VOTE HERE

Movie Monday - Divergent

So, Insurgent has been out about 2 weeks now.  Do you love it/hate it/haven't read it yet?  Do you need MOOOOREEE?  Well here I am to give you MORE!  Summit Entertainment, the same studio that made the Twilight films has acquired the movie rights for Divergent!  Very little information available so far and it isn't expected to be out in theaters until 2015 (3 years!  sadface!)  So all we can do for now is talk about who WE want to see play Tris and Four.  Leave your opinion on which actors would do it best!

Today's book releases...

...are exciting!  :)

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

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As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

 Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

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Eighteen-year-old Bitterblue, queen of Monsea, realizes her heavy responsibility and the futility of relying on advisors who surround her with lies as she tries to help her people to heal from the thirty-five-year spell cast by her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities.

 Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan

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Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos.

DYSTOPIAN FICTION

Do you like books about the future, but not a very happy future?  I'm thinking about books like The Hunger Games, Divergent, or Delirium.  This genre of books are called Dystopian Fiction.  Dystopia was a word that was made up to be the opposite of utopia, which means a perfect society.  In dystopian fiction the characters are often leading fearful lives because either social or technological trends have lead to a corrupt or degraded society.  Things might also be bad from deprivation, (running out of water, oil, food, etc) oppression from the government, or terror.

These books are crazy popular right now, so I made a display of all the dystopian fiction we have here at DPL.  The books are on the mobile shelf right next to the YA biographies.  You can browse them there.  I'm also going to post my annotated list of the titles here for your browsing pleasure!  The list will also be on the website if you want to go find it there as well.  Enjoy!

Novels

Bumped by Megan McCafferty
 In 2036 New Jersey, teens are expected to become wives and mothers or high-priced Surrogettes for couples made infertile by a virus, 16 year old twins Melody and Harmony find in one another courage to believe they have choices.

 The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent 6 years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, 15 year old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.

Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Ann Aguirre  In a post-apocalyptic future, 15 year old Deuce, a loyal Huntress, brings back meat while avoiding Freaks outside, but when she is partnered with outsider Fade, she beings to see the ways of the Elders may be wrong- and dangerous.

Fearless by Tim Lott
Tim Lott  In the future, girls labeled 'juvies' or 'mindcrips' are taken from their families and sent to the prison-like City Community Faith School, but Little Fearless decides to break out, and try to free the girls from their miserable captivity.

Feed by M.T. Anderson
M.T. Anderson In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

 House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
In a future where clones are despised, Matt is the young clone of El Patron, a 142 year old drug lord living between Mexico and the United States.

Human.4 by Mike Lancaster
Twenty-first century 14 year old Kyle was hypnotized when humantiy was upgrades to 1.0 and he, imcompatible with the new technology, exposes its terrifying impact in a tape-recording found by the superhumans of the future.

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
After being interrogated for days by Homeland Security in teh aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Fransico, 17 year old Marcus, released inot what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.

Test by William Sleator
 In the security obsessed elitist UnitedStates of  the near future, where a standardized test determines each person's entire life, a powerful man runs a corrupt empire until 17 year old Ann and other students take the lead by boycotting the test.

Those That Wake by Jesse Karp
When a consumer driven future society runs amok, unleashing near cosmic forces, Mal and Laura search for their families only to find that something or someone has erased them from the memories of everyone they have ever known.

 Unidentified by Rae Mariz
 In a futuristic alternative school set in a schopping mall where video game playing students are observed and used by corporate sponsors for market research, Katey "Kid" Dade struggles to figure out where she fits in and whether she even wants to.

Unwind by Neal Shusterman
 In a future world where those between the ages of 13 and 18 can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs-- and perhaps save their own lives.







Series
(Series name - Author - Titles)

Atherton - Patrick Carman - The House of Power, Rivers of Fire, & Dark Planet
Edgar secretly climbs the wall separating the three worlds of Atherton and discovers that they are beginning to collapse.  Atherton is not what it seems, but something far more dangerous.

Birthmarked - Caragh O'Brien - Birthmarked & Prized (coming Nov. 2011)
In a future world baked dry and divided into those inside the wall and those outside it, 16 year old midwife Gaia Stone is forced into a difficult choice when her parents are arrested and taken into the city.

Carbon Diaries - Saci Lloyd - Carbon Diaries 2015 & Carbon Diaries 2017
 In 2015, England becomes the first to introduce carbon dioxide rationing to combat climate change, 16 year old Laura documents the first year as her family struggles.

Chaos Walking - Patrick Ness - The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, & Monsters of Men
Pursued by power hungry Prentis and minister Aaron, Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.

Chemical Garden - Lauren DeStefano - Wither & Fever (coming Feb. 2012)
After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at 25 and women at 20, girls are kidnapped and married off in order to repopulate the world.

The Declaration - Gemma Malley - The Declaration, The Resistance, & Legacy
 In 2140 England, drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a servant, discovers her parents are trying to find her.

Delirium - Lauren Oliver - Delirium & Pandemonium (coming Mar. 2012)
Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until 95 days before her treatment, she falls in love.

Divergent - Veronica Roth - Divergent & Insurgent (coming May 2012)
In a future Chicago, 16 year old Beatrice must choose among five factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she does not fit into any one group, and that her society is not perfect after all.

Dustlands - Moira Young - Blood Red Road
 In a distant future, 18 year old Lugh is kidnapped, and while his twin sister Saba and 9 year old Emmi are trailing him they are captured too, and taken to brutal Hopetown, where Saba is forced to be a cage fighter.

Ember - Jeanne Duprau - The City of Ember, The People of Sparks, The Prophet of Yonwood, & The Diamond of Darkhold
In the year 241, 12 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.

Exodus - Julie Bertanga - Exodus & Zenith
In 2100, the island of Wing is about to become covered by water, 15 year old Mara discovers New World sky cities that are safe from the storms and rising waters, and convinces her people to travel there.

Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan - Forest of Hands and Teeth, The Dead Tossed Waves, & The Dark and Hollow Places
Orphaned Mary seeks life, love, and knowledge of what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.

The Giver Trilogy - Lois Lowry - The Giver, Gathering Blue, & The Messenger
 At age 12 Jonas, a young boy from a seemingly  utopian futuristic world, is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of true joy and pain.

Gone - Michael Grant - Gone, Hunger, Lies, Plague, & Fear (coming Apr 2012)
 In a small town on the coast of Cali, everyone over 14 suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between public and private school students, and those with and without "The Power."

Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, & Mockingjay
In a future North America, the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from the 12 districts against each other, 16 year old Katniss' skills are put to the test when she takes her sister's place.

 

Hungry City Chronicles - Philip Reeve - Mortal Engines, Predator's Gold, Infernal Devices, Darkling Plain, Fever Crumb, Web of Air, & Scrivener's Moon
In the distant future, cities move about and consume smaller towns. A 15 year old apprentice is pushed out of London by his mentor and must seek answers in the Out Country.

Incarceron - Catherine Fisher - Incarceron & Sapphique
 To free herself from an upcoming arrange marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.

The Jenna Saga - Mary Pearson - The Adoration of Jenna Fox & The Fox Inheritance (coming Aug 2011)
 In the not too distant future, biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, 17 year old Jenna is recovering from a serious accident when she learns a startling secret about her existance.

The Last Survivors - Susan Beth Pfeffer - Life as We Knew It, The Dead and the Gone, & This World We Live In
Through journal entries 16 year old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

Lorien Legacies - Pittacus Lore - I am Number Four & The Power of Six
 In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a 15 year old who has hidden on Earth for 10 years, waiting to develop the powers he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien

Matched - Ally Condie - Matched & Crossed (coming Nov. 2011)
Cassia has always followed the Society without question. So when Xander's face is displayed as her Match, she knows that they are perfect mates. However, Ky's face also flashed on the screen for a second. Now Cassia can't stop thinking about him, even if the Society says it was a glitch.

Maze Runner - James Dashner - Maze Runner, Scorch Trials, & The Death Cure (coming Oct. 2011)
16 year old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes that he must work with the community in which he finds himself to escape.

Skinned - Robin Wasserman - Skinned, Crashed, & Wired
Lia Kahn's wealthy family decide to save her from dying by transplanting her brain into a mechanical body.

Uglies - Scott Westerfeld - Uglies, Pretties, Specials, & Extras
Just before their 16th birthdays, when they will be transformed into beauties whose only job is to have a great time, Tally's best friend runs away and Tally must find her and turn her in, or never become pretty at all.

XVI - Julia Karr - XVI & Truth (coming Jan. 2012)
Nina lives in a totalitarian future society in which all girls are required to get "XVI" tattooed on their wrist on their 16th birthdays, announcing to the world that they are ready for sex.  This is Nina's worst fear until right before her birthday her mother is brutally attacked and reveals a shocking truth to Nina.