Can anyone tell me where I can find a children's book that is set in a dystopian society?

Question

I am teaching The Giver and would like another title that is a fairly quick read for another group of students. Easy reader is okay. Could be a picture book, if one exists. Short story would be great.

Answer 1

If you've read "The Giver" then the next step is to definately read "Gathering Blue" which is Lowry's next book in the trilogy. The last one is "Messenger."
If you need an easy read, something by Dr. Seuss would probably be good. You can choose from these, among others:
The Lorax (1971), though told in full-tilt Seussian style, strikes many readers as fundamentally an environmentalist tract. It is the tale of a ruthless and greedy industrialist (the "Once-ler") who so thoroughly destroys the local environment that he ultimately puts his own company out of business. The book is striking for being told from the viewpoint (generally bitter, self-hating, and remorseful) of the Once-ler himself. In 1989, an effort was made by lumbering interests in Laytonville, California to have the book banned from local school libraries, on the grounds that it was unfair to the lumber industry.
The Sneetches (1961) is commonly seen as a satirization of racial discrimination.
The Butter Battle Book (1984) written in Seuss's old age, is both a parody and denunciation of the nuclear arms race. It was attacked by conservatives as endorsing moral relativism by implying that the difference between the sides in the Cold War were no more than the choice between how to butter one's bread.
The Zax can be seen as a parody of all political hardliners.
Yertle the Turtle (1958) is often interpreted as an allegory of tyranny. It also encourages political activism, suggesting that a single act of resistance by an individual can topple a corrupt system.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Well, Le Petit Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupèry might be a possibility. It isn't actually set in a dystopian society, at all, but a critique of our own dystopia. It is a good read, and also a picture book.

Answer 4

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (teen book)

Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien

City of Ember (and sequel City of Sparks) Jeanne Duprau

Answer 5

How about Dr Seuss's "The Lorax." It is a book for kids. However it makes such a strong point so cleverly that we studied it in college Environmental Law class and debated it for hours.

Answer 6

I am wondering if you know about the sequel to the Giver. The name doesn't come to me right now but you can perhaps look it up on Amazon, by author's name.

Not quite dystopia but what about The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?

Answer 7

What about the Wizard of OZ, the LItle Prince, The little lame Prince.