Red Rising by Pierce Brown

• Darrow lives on Mars deep underground where he works in the mines and struggles for survival.
• When his wife is taken from him, he comes to realize that his people, known as Reds, are essentially slaves who have been lied to for hundreds of years.
  
• Darrow is recruited by a guerrilla group called the Sons of Ares, and in a search for justice and revenge, he accepts a mission to infiltrate the Golds, the powerful and cruel overlords who rule the planets. 

This book has it all -- nonstop action; a great plot; brutal, bloody fights; a cooler than cool main character; and lots of twists and turns.  Kind of like The Hunger Games (spectator sports! battles! revolution!) but about a million times better -- and it's in outer space!  

Book 1 of the Red Rising Saga
Grades 9-12