Adolescent Dystopian Novels

Like Leopold, hundreds of thousands of today's teens are reading future-as-a-nightmare novels—and not just the 1984 and Brave New World classics required by their teachers. Publishers will be releasing dozens of new dystopian titles over the next few years. Among the scenarios: no more gas, no more water, viruses run amok, genetic manipulation gone awry, totalitarian leaders, reality TV gone too far, and so on . . .

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6719039.html

and what's happening in New Zealand:

http://www.parents-choice.org/article.cfm?art_id=355&the_page=reading_list