Reddit reviews The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

Here are some ideas for young adult fantasy, with a few science-fiction books thrown in. Look them up and see if they look like something you might like:

Un Lun Dun by China Mieville (Mievile is a rising star of of SF/F, and this is his only novel so far written for young adults. Two British girls are pulled into a bizarre alternate London and must foil an evil plot)

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer (scifi in futuristic Africa, three mutant detectives trying to rescue kidnapped children of a famous general)

Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes (near-future SF, robots do all the work, so what is there for new high school graduates to do?)

There are plenty of SF/F Choose Your Own Adventure books, which are a nice change of pace from third- and first-person narratives.

The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper. The first book is Over Sea, Under Stone, but you might want to start with The Dark is Rising.

Incidentally, I do NOT, under ANY circumstances, recommend Eragon.

FOUND IT! The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm. Awesome.

Seconded. Came specifically to recommend that.

In the same vein of "different types of danger," I'd recommend The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm. Younger audience, but Newbery Honors. I love it.

It's funny, because we definitely had tons of gameboys/games and all that, but my mother being a teacher also encouraged us to read. On that note, I remember reading The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm in one car trip.

I have no idea where we went, or how long it took, but I do know that book is fucking amazing.

I was never into reading before I was given The Ear, The Eye, and the Arm for christmas. Completely changed my life after that.