Tired of 'Twilight' clones? 5 young adult books to try instead

5 teen books refreshingly free of supernatural creatures and love triangles

3. "Ship Breaker," by Paolo Bacigalupi

Paolo Bacigalupi's novel "Ship Breaker" is set in a not-so-distant future, where a boy named Nailer is living on the Gulf Coast when a beautiful heiress washes ashore. The two are forced to escape towards the waterlogged remnants of New Orleans, only to encounter difficult moral dilemmas and widespread class division and warfare.

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