Teen-Adult Crossover Title

What if absolutely everything about your life was decided for you, from what you'll eat for lunch to when you'll draw your last breath? In Matched, the first book of Ally Condie's terrifying dystopian trilogy, nothing is left up to either chance or choice--and everyone accepts this way of life without question. Well, almost everyone. Matched centers around 17-year-old Cassia, who, at the beginning of the book, is enroute to her Matching Ceremony. Here, she will learn the identity of her future husband. To her happiness, she is matched with her best friend, Xander. Then she receives a second match to Ky, a boy who is considered to be an outcast and who is not even supposed to be in the matching pool. Not surprisingly, Cassia and Ky fall in love, and Cassia begins to question everything about her life she previously, and rather blindly, accepted without a second thought. She learns that her society's government may not the benign entity she always assumed it to be. She learns what happens to those who dare to be different. Comparable to Lowry's The Giver and Orwell's 1984, Matched is action-packed and filled with plot twists both disturbing and intriguing. Readers will be interested until the final page. Cassia's and Ky's adventures continue in Crossed, which will be released November 2011. Stay tuned!

Not what you'd expect!

Set in the not-too-distant future, Bernard Beckett's novel Genesis puts a modern spin on Plato's Republic. This brief but deep story of dystopian society paints a grim portrait of what Earth has become following years of war and plague: Civilized society has been confined to a remote, walled island near the bottom of the world. Here, inhabitants sacrifice their freedom in exchange for safety and security. This way of life is all young Anex has ever known. Now, hoping to receive a highly-coveted invitation to join the elite Academy, the country's governing body, Anex undergoes a very rigorous enterance examanation. For this, Anex chooses to research and speak on the trial and eventual fate of Adam Forde, an infamous historical figure who defied the government's demand of ultimate submission in order to rescue an outsider. As part of Adam's punishment, he must work with a highly advanced robot named Art. Brings up the argument: What makes us human. The ending will shock you! Not a light read by any means, but definitely worth checking out!