For the letter D, I've chosen a genre (not sure if that's the correct term for that) of literature that is currently very popular, and is one that is one of my favorites. I will share five of my favorite dystopian series today.
1. The Giver Series by Lois Lowry
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I had read all of them, and then got an ARC of the 4th book, Son, when I went to BEA 2 years ago. I'm sorry to say I have yet to read it though. I saw that they are doing a movie, and I'm excited, although from the preview I saw, it doesn't match what I saw in my head when I read The Giver. Looks like I'll be doing a re-read of that in the near future.
2. The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins:
I first learned of this book when I read it for the state library association book award list. I loved The Hunger Games so much that I began teaching it in a class we had every day that was for enrichment. Now, I think because I did that, the first movie was a big disappointment to me. So much left out. However since I hadn't read the second book, Catching Fire, more than 2 or 3 times, and it had been a while, I was able to enjoy the 2nd movie more.
3. Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth:
This is a series that I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of the first book. But then, I didn't get one of the 2nd book, and didn't get it until two months after it was published. So while I got a bit behind between one and two, when number three came out, I bought it on the publishing date (which happened to be my birthday last year), and read it right away! Also, LOVED the first movie, I think they did a really good job compared to how some movies from books have been done lately.
4. Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie:
This is a book that I also got an ARC of the first in the series, but then had to wait till the books were published to read on. I LOVED the first one, the 2nd one was okay, and the third was maybe a bit long for me.
5. The Shadow Children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix:
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I can't remember for sure when I read this series, and yes, it is a bit younger than the others, but it is a really good series, and Margaret Peterson Haddix is one of my favorite authors. I have the picture on the left showing all the books, and then the one on the right is one I found when searching for images to use for this post. I like the cover of it a bit better, I think it would be more appealing to kids today, maybe make them not see it as such a young book and give it a chance.
Are you a dystopia fan? I haven't listed here all the ones I've read, just chose the top five, and the top five that all of the books in the series are out and I have read, well except for the The Giver series I mean.
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