Thrilling YA Fiction Set in the US

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Divergent 
By Veronica Ruth
YA F ROTH Divergen #1
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.

The Testing 
By Joelle Charbonneau
YA F CHARBONN
At the Five Lakes Colony (the former Great Lakes), Sixteen-year-old Malencia Vale is chosen to participate in The Testing to attend the University; however, Cia is fearful when she figures out her friends who do not pass The Testing are disappearing.

Unwind 
By Neal Shusterman
YA F SHUSTERM Unwind #1
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, Connor Lassiter runs away from his suburban Ohio home to stand up for his beliefs and save his own life.

Little Brother 
By Cory Doctorow
YA F DOCTOROW
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

Birthmarked 
By Caragh O’Brien
YA F O’BRIEN Birthmar #1
When her midwife mother is forcibly taken away by the very people she serves, sixteen-year-old Gaia Stone starts to question the role of the Enclave, a walled community built on the dried-up beds of the Great Lakes, and whether it deserves the loyalty her family has so faithfully given.