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Middle/high school dystopian novel recommendations (lemm.ee)
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I'm working on a dystopian literature class, and I'm looking for one more book to add to the curriculum. The kids are about 13, and somewhat sensitive to more adult topics. That's one of the reasons I've chosen not to assign 1984.

I had thought to assign The Maze Runner, but after reading it, I was underwhelmed, especially as a standalone book.

The other books we're reading are:

The Giver The Hunger Games Lord of the Flies Matched Ender's Game Fahrenheit 451 The Minority Report

Any thoughts? Thanks!

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

My fuck censorship knee jerk response is Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits or Blood Meridian or some dime store pulp noir Raymond Chandler

A few more actual possible recommendations might be Judge Dredd/2000 AD, Burning Chrome by William Gibson (collected short stories), or most of Philip K Dick and Kurt Vonnegut Jr use dystopian tropes but you'd have to scan for adult content when choosing.