I ran into a couple of blogs on dystopian YA literature this week:

One showing the float chart decoding the genre:
http://www.embowman.com/2011/is-it-dystopia/.
I suddenly remembered that I wrote some dystopian-ish short stories as a teenager, but after reading this chart, I realized what I had written was only post-apocalypse.

The other blogs I read attempted to explain why teens are attracted to dystopian stories:
http://busyteacher.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/why-dystopian-lit-is-so-hot-with-teens/.
I think she summarized the reasons very well.

Dystopian fictions are definitely a big hit at the school library where I work. These posts got me thinking about programming for teens based on their interests in this genre. I tried to search on the web, but only found more book recommendations like this one:

http://www.lawrence.lib.ks.us/2012/07/if-you-liked-the-hunger-games-3/

Does anyone know any public or school library programs based on teens' fascination with dystopian fictions?