A Book recommendation

TStyle · 03-06-2010, 07:40 AM

Hi im new to this forum (first post) but i plan on being active so lets start...

I recently read "the hunger games" and "the immortal instruments" series and i really liked them. can anyone recommend any book or series that is similar?
something with action but i like having a little romance and drama in my books.

Fledchen · 03-06-2010, 09:49 AM

I haven't read any of the Hunger Games series, but if you're looking for YA dystopian science fiction, I highly recommend Margaret Peterson Haddix's Shadow Children series. The books are short, but they are very morally complex. So many series intended for children and teenagers over-simplify issues and come across as condescendingly preachy. These books don't have many straw men. There is a lot of ambiguity, every issue has at least three sides, and it's not readily apparent which one the author is trying to "sell" to the reader until the last book. It is most emphatically a series about coming of age and making one's own decisions instead of relying on being spoon-fed propaganda.

TStyle · 03-06-2010, 12:11 PM

I heard about the Shadow Children series so i guess ill give it a shot now.

03-06-2010, 07:40 AM	#1
TStyle Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Adobe Reader	A Book recommendation Hi im new to this forum (first post) but i plan on being active so lets start... I recently read "the hunger games" and "the immortal instruments" series and i really liked them. can anyone recommend any book or series that is similar? something with action but i like having a little romance and drama in my books.

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03-06-2010, 09:49 AM	#2
Fledchen Guru Posts: 663 Karma: 84658 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Minnesota, USA Device: PB360+, Sony950, VR Stream, iPod Touch, iPad	I haven't read any of the Hunger Games series, but if you're looking for YA dystopian science fiction, I highly recommend Margaret Peterson Haddix's Shadow Children series. The books are short, but they are very morally complex. So many series intended for children and teenagers over-simplify issues and come across as condescendingly preachy. These books don't have many straw men. There is a lot of ambiguity, every issue has at least three sides, and it's not readily apparent which one the author is trying to "sell" to the reader until the last book. It is most emphatically a series about coming of age and making one's own decisions instead of relying on being spoon-fed propaganda.

03-06-2010, 12:11 PM	#3
TStyle Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Adobe Reader	I heard about the Shadow Children series so i guess ill give it a shot now.

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