If You Liked The Hunger Games...
Beyond the Western Sea: The Escape From Home
Avi
Maura and her younger brother leave their impoverished Irish village, desperately seeking ship’s passage to America.
Code Orange
Caroline B. Cooney
While doing a school project on smallpox, Mitty stumbles upon old smallpox scabs. He has already been to school for several days and begins to have strange symptoms.
Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer
Based on the real-life case of Christopher McCandless, Into the Wild tells the story of a young man who walks alone into the Alaskan wilderness, never to return.
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer
Jon Krakauer did not see anything that "suggested a murderous storm was bearing down," but it did. This is his firsthand account of the storm that killed five people and left many more in disarray.
Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex
Nathaniel Philbrick
The true story of a whale that turns on the people who were hunting it for oil. This story was the inspiration for Moby Dick.
The Compound
S.A. Bodeen
Nuclear war has destroyed Eli’s world. His father, knowing that war was imminent, has built an underground compound stocked with supplies to last fifteen years. The problem is that only nine years later, some of the food has spoiled and supplies are running out.
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
This sequel to The Hunger Games picks up right where the first book left off. Katniss embarks on a mandatory victory tour through the districts and finds herself thrown back into the arena for the 75th Annual Hunger Games.
The Maze Runner
James Dashner
When Thomas wakes up, he finds himself in the Glade with no memory of anything but his name. He quickly discovers he is not alone and none of the other Gladers know why they are there either. They just know they must be inside the walls before dark or face certain death.
