Teen Science Fiction Survival Stories

Try these books if you are looking for:

• Survival stories
• Teen fiction
• Sci-Fi (Post-Apocalypse / Dystopia)

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
YA F COLLINS
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.

Life as We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
YA F PFEFFER
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

Unwind
by Neal Shusterman
YA F Shusterman
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen 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.

The Naming
by Alison Croggon
YA F CROGGON
A manuscript from the lost civilization of Edil-Amarandah chronicles the experiences of sixteen-year-old Maerad, an orphan gifted in the magic and power of the Bards, as she escapes from slavery and begins to learn how to use her Gift to stave off the evil Darkness that threatens to consume her world.

The Transall Saga
by Gary Paulsen
YA F PAULSEN
While backpacking in the desert, thriteen-year-old Mark falls into a tube of blue light and is transported into a more primitive world, where he must use his knowledge and skills to survive.