Dystopias for Upper Elem & MS

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (upper elem & MS)

Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeve  (middle school & up)

The Fire-Us trilogy by Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher  (middle school & up)

The Wind on Fire trilogy by William Nicholson (The Wind Singer; Slaves of the Mastery; Firesong)

Among the Hidden, and that series by Haddix

The Composition, by Antonio Skarmeta (picture book suitable for older kids)

The Giver, and Gathering Blue, by Lowry

Watership Down, by Adams

Farmer Duck, by Waddell (picture book)

North to Freedom by Anne Holm