Erebos by Ursula Poznanski I read this via Netgalley. Summary: Nick’s been noticing how some of the other students at his school are acting strangely. He isn’t sure why, until Brynne gives him a disc and tells him the rules: Play alone. Play in secret. Nick readily enters the world of Erebos, a video game…

Stolen: A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher Summary: Gemma is at an airport in Bangkok with her parents when a guy starts talking to her. She realizes soon after that he has drugged her. Her memories as hazy as she is stolen away onto a plane bound for Australia. When she wakes up…

Looking For Alaska by John Green Summary: Miles leaves his basically friendless life in Florida to attend a boarding school in Alabama, where his new roommate, nicknamed the Colonel, christens skinny Miles “Pudge” and introduces him to smoking, drinking, and a gorgeous girl named Alaska. Pudge begins to fall in love with the spunky Alaska…

Starters by Lissa Price I read this via Netgalley.com Summary: The war destroyed everyone who wasn’t vaccinated against the spores. All that were left were the Starters – children – and the Enders – the elderly. Before the war, when people realized that they could now live to age 200, they outlawed children working, and…

Croak by Gina Damico Summary: Lex used to be a straight-A student, but in the past couple of years she began randomly attacking classmates and in general causing a lot of trouble for her parents, who decide to send her away for the summer to her Uncle Mort’s farm out in the little community of…

Sweethearts by Sara Zarr Summary: Ever since Jennifer’s best (and only) friend Cameron disappeared in fifth grade, she’s been driven to make herself over so no one will bully her anymore. That meant losing a ton of weight, doing her own laundry, learning social skills, and eventually changing her name to Jenna after her mother…