The Uglies, The Hunger Games, Unwind, Matched—any of those titles sound familiar?
If not, just wait a few years. Half of the teen dystopian novels lining bookshelves today will be tomorrow's Hollywood blockbusters. It may surprise you to know that authors have been writing about this for decades—about what happens when you mix a corrupt government and complacent society and give them both a good twist.
I'm not sure how I managed it, but somehow I graduated high school without reading one of the early heavy-hitters of dystopian fiction, the book that coined the phrase "Big Brother": Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
So here goes #98 on my list...I'm looking forward to this!
Great book, Melanie - though it's been years since I read it. Maybe it's time to pull it off the shelf and read it again.
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