Books and Authors. Web. 22 Nov. 2015. The Books and Authors database offers a multitude of ways to search for books of a specific genre. The database contains a section to browse by specific genres and their subgenres. When looking for dystopian novels, the science fiction genre with the dystopian subgenre selected produces the most results. Filtering those results to young adult literature brings up more precise and appropriate results. This database is helpful when looking for newer reading material and provides detailed information for each book, its author, and titles similar to the book selected to help find the right book. Cart, Michael. "Carte Blanche: Dateline Darkness." Booklist 106.18 (2010): 34. Academic Search Complete. Web. 22 …show more content…
The book also contains entertaining descriptions by authors of how they wrote their dystopian and utopian novels as well as an interview with Lois Lowry, author of The Giver. A comprehensive annotated bibliography of dystopian and utopian young adult novels is included near the end of the book. This book does focus slightly more on utopian literature rather than dystopian, but the annotated bibliography includes a wide range of literature with helpful summaries for each book listed. Manfredi, Angie. "Only Ever Yours." School Library Journal 61.6 (2015): 126-128. Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson). Web. 22 Nov. 2015. This article reviews the book Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill, a dystopian young adult novel centering around a society that completely controls and degrades women to the point of not even capitalizing their names. The article points out what the author of the novel did right such as rich characterization and solid world-building. Flaws in the book are also voiced, for example how the book tries a little too hard to be a social commentary. The article provides a well done summary and delivers a fair assessment of the elements of this dystopian novel. Reeve, Philip. "The Worst Is Yet To Come." School Library Journal 57.8 (2011): 34. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 22 Nov.