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|author=Neal Shusterman

|title=Unwind

|rating=5

|summary=A powerful, shocking, and intelligent novel about a future which practises retroactive abortion on troublesome teenagers, then uses their body parts for transplant. It's wonderful, wonderful stuff - but sensitive readers may be troubled by a shocking description of the process.

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|author=Patrick Ness

|title=The Knife of Never Letting Go

|rating=4.5

|summary=A compelling, original and pacy future dystopian book with great originality and a dollop of wonderfully observed humour. Bookbag doesn't approve of the cliffhanger ending, which is the only thing keeping it from a five star rating.

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|author=Gillian Philip

|title=Bad Faith

|rating=4.5

|summary=A blend of love story, political thriller and murder mystery in this dystopian future book about religious fundamentalism. It presses all the buttons, has great tension, and is a rattlingly good read. Gillian Philip was kind enough to be [[The Interview: Bookbag talks to Gillian Philip|interviewed by Bookbag]]. She has some really fascinating things to say!

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|author=John Brindley

|title=The Rule of Claw

|rating=4

|summary=This is a timely, pacy and exciting future catastrophe novel suitable for tens and up. There's a little bit too much going on at times, but it's beautifully observed and its central characters are wonderfully charismatic.

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|author=Gemma Malley

|title=The Declaration

|rating=5

|summary=A tense and dramatic novel speculating on life in a future where drugs have banished old age and death. Mostly for teens, but the quality of writing is such that thoughtful younger children could approach it too.

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|author=Suzanne Collins

|title=The Hunger Games

|rating=4.5

|summary=Exciting future catastrophe novel focusing on gladatorial style combat games. It's pacy and incredibly absorbing with a dynamic and attractive central character. Great stuff, if a little on the long side for perfect Bookbag comfort.

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|author=Malorie Blackman

|title=Double Cross (Noughts & Crosses)

|rating=5

|summary=Tense, immediate, colloquial, heart-breaking - Blackman's ''Noughts & Crosses'' sequence continues to raise the bar with this latest instalment. Don't miss them.

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|author=Catherine Fisher

|title=Incarceron

|rating=4.5

|summary=Beautifully imagined and realised, this novel of future regression is rich with strong characters, big issues and a compelling plot. It is a barnstorming piece of serious fantasy that doesn't put a foot wrong.

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|author=Lene Kaaberbol

|title=Silverhorse

|rating=5

|summary=A stunningly well-told thriller-fantasy with role reversal, a strong female lead character and some interesting questions about the nature of power. Highly recommended for the early teens.

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|author=James Jauncey

|title=The Witness

|rating=4.5

|summary=Wonderful, challenging novel encouraging political participation and moral questions about life and land, while providing a really tense and well-paced adventure story. The very end is perhaps a little too tidy for the most sophisticated readers but other than that, this is classy, admirable stuff.

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