26 Young Adult Novels That Your Teenager — and You — Should Read Right Now

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ($11)

When Katniss Everdeen volunteers in her younger sister's place to be in the Hunger Games — a live TV event in which 12 children from different districts fight to the death for the benefit of their country's "Capitol" — she must do everything in her power to stay alive for her family.

Themes: Survival, bravery, identity, love