Favorite science fiction for teens

• Feed by M.T. Anderson. 2002.
  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.
  
  
• The Kindling by Jennifer Armstrong. 2002.
  In 2007, a small band of children have joined together in a Florida town, trying to survive in a world where it seems that all the adults have been killed off by a catastrophic virus.
  
  
• The Awakening by Michael Carroll. 2006.
  Ten years after the disappearance of superhumans--both heroes and villains--thirteen-year-olds Danny and Colin begin to develop super powers, making them the object of much unwanted attention.
  
  
• The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer. 2004.
  In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.
  
  
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. 2008.
  In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
  
  
• The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. 2002.
  In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
  
  
• The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman. 2008.
  Born in the eighteenth year of Enclosure, ten-year-old Honor lives in a highly regulated colony with her defiant parents, but when they have an illegal second child and are taken away, it is up to Honor and her friend Helix, another "unpredictable," to uncover a terrible secret about their island and the corporation that runs everything.
  
  
• Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2008.
  When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
  
  
• Stravaganza: City of Masks by Mary Hoffman. 2002.
  While sick in bed with cancer, Lucien begins making journeys to a place in a parallel world that resembles Venice, Italy, and he becomes caught up in the political intrigues surrounding the Duchessa who rules the city.
  
  
• Firestorm by David Klass. 2006.
  After learning that he has been sent from the future for a special purpose, eighteen-year-old Jack receives help from an unusual dog and a shape-shifting female fighter.
  
  
• The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. 2008.
  Pursued by power-hungry Prentiss and mad minister Aaron, young Todd and Viola set out across New World searching for answers about his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship bringing hopeful settlers from Old World.
  
  
• The Angel Experiment by James Patterson. 2005.
  After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
  
  
• The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson. 2008.
  In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence.
  
  
• Skinned by Robin Wasserman. 2008.
  To save her from dying in a horrible accident, Lia's wealthy parents transplant her brain into a mechanical body.
  
  
• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. 2005.
  Just before their sixteenth birthdays, when they will 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.