Teen Book Lists: If You Like: Scythe

"In 2460, 18-year-old Liv Newman dreams of a future beyond her lower-class life in the Metro as a Proxy, using the neurochip in her brain to sell memories to wealthy clients, so when a customer offers her a ludicrous sum, Liv accepts but is soon confronted by rookie Forceman Adrian Rao, who has vowed to stop her illegal activities, forcing the two to navigate the world beyond the Metro and their growing feelings for one another." (description from Novelist)

"When Ren wakes up in 2122, he thinks he might be hallucinating…he’s not! Tech conglomerate Chronotech sponsors a time-travel program to help students in 2122 learn what history was really like and Ren is one of them. On top of it all, he learns that his memory will be wiped of all things 2122 before he’s sent back to the '90s. And when he crosses paths with the absolute last person he expected to see in the future, he has a bigger problem on his hands: What if Chronotech isn't the benevolent organization they claim to be, and he and his fellow subjects are in great danger?: (Description from Novelist)

"In a prequel to "The Hunger Games," eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow prepares to mentor the female tribute from District 12 in the tenth Hunger Games, with the fate of his family hanging on the slim chance that he can help her win the Games." (description from Novelist)

"A high school junior teams up with a hacker during a police brutality protest to shut down a device that creates an impenetrable dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out" (description from Novelist)

In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy. (description from Novelist)

"When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire" (description from publisher)

"A thousand-story tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future where anything is possible -- if you want it enough. Welcome to Manhattan, 2118. A hundred years in the future, New York is a city of innovation and dreams. Everyone there wants something ... and everyone has something to lose." -- From dustjacket.

When 100 juvenile delinquents are sent on a mission to recolonize Earth, they get a second chance at freedom, friendship, and love, as they fight to survive in a dangerous new world. (description from Novelist)

A collection of six short stories by the best-selling author of Divergent imagines future lands brimming with new technologies and beings, where in spite of advanced capabilities, people are forced to confront deeply troubling human problems. (description from Novelist)

"In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't."-- Provided by publisher.

"A lengthy California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, turning Alyssa's quiet suburban street into a warzone, and she is forced to make impossible choices if she and her brother are to survive." (description from catalog)

In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day. (description from Novelist)