Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness

“We are the choices we make. And have to make. We aren’t anything else.”

First published when dystopian novels were on the rise, this YA sci-fi series has only become more poignant as technology further integrates into our lives to the point of information overload. The writing is full of emotion, plot points are fresh, and 12-year-old Todd Hewitt is a deeply endearing main character who is grappling with what it means to be a man. Todd lives on the colonized planet New World and, due to some kind of germ infection, only the men survived and everyone became able to hear each other’s thoughts. Despite this, Todd discovers the men in his village are somehow hiding something from him...