Books like Shattered Sky (Star Shards Chronicles) by Neal Shusterman

In a futuristic society, a twelve‑year‑old boy named Jonas is chosen to receive the memories of a secret reservoir held by The Giver, a mentor in a seemingly utopian world.

A boy with broken memory wakes in a stone‑walled maze, where he meets other children who call it the Glade. When the first girl arrives, secrets about survival, cooperation, and the maze’s mystery begin to surface.

In a world split by blood, a lowly Red named Mare Barrow discovers a hidden power that threatens the ruling Silver elite, forcing her into the palace as a fake princess while she secretly fuels a rebellion.

In a future where humanity has eliminated hunger, disease, war, and death, only a chosen few—Scythes—can end life to keep the population balanced. Two reluctant teens, Citra and Rowan, are thrust into the deadly apprenticeship of a Scythe, learning the brutal art of taking life while facing severe consequences.

A married couple spends years traveling to a distant solar system to negotiate a fragile truce with a powerful alien race, only to return after a century of relativistic time has left Earth preparing for war.

Cassie, Southside High’s star of the Glee Club, strives for fame after a chance meeting with a talent agent who promises her stardom, but her ambition brings unexpected personal costs.

Raised among the ruins of a conquered mountain nation, Maren dreams only of sharing a quiet life with her girlfriend Kaia—until the day Kaia is abducted by the Aurati, prophetic agents of the emperor, and forced to join their ranks. Desperate to save her, Maren hatches a plan to steal one of the emperor’s coveted dragons and storm the Aurati stronghold. If Maren is to have any hope of succeeding, she must become an apprentice to the Aromatory—the emperor’s mysterious dragon trainer. But Maren is unprepared for the dangerous secrets she uncovers: rumors of a lost prince, a brewing rebellion, and a prophecy that threatens to shatter the empire itself. Not to mention the strange dreams she’s been having about a beast deep underground… With time running out, can Maren survive long enough to rescue Kaia from impending death? Or could it be that Maren is destined for something greater than she could have ever imagined?