Son by Lois Lowry

Everyone remembers The Giver, that dystopian book by Lois Lowry that we all had to read in school?  Well, 20 years later, Lois Lowry has written a sequel called Son.  Claire has been assigned the job of Birthmother in her small community but unlike the other birthmothers, she becomes attached to her baby and feels a terrible loss when he is taken away.  When things don't go as planned for the child, Claire goes to extreme measures to find and rescue her son.  You can't go wrong with Lois Lowry and this book is well-written, unpredictable, and exciting!  Claire's life has such a roller-coaster of feelings, it is impossible to put the book down.  Read or re-read The Giver first if you can - to better understand Claire's community.

    

The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe

     16-year-old Kaelyn lives on an island in a small, close-knit community.  However, when a deadly virus starts driving the locals crazy before it kills them, the island becomes a very dangerous place with nowhere to hide.  Kaelyn struggles between helping her loved ones and trying to keep herself safe and away from the infected.  This is an exciting and frightening book!

Eve by Anna Carey

18-year old Eve has lived within the heavily guarded school grounds since she was 5 and a deadly virus wiped out 98% of the population, mostly women.  Eve and the other girls are told that they will become the future leaders of New America but on the night before graduation, Eve learns the terrible truth about the king's plans for the girls and it is enough to make her flee into the world of wild animals and men that Eve has been taught to fear all her life.  Eve meets several people who will help her escape, including Caleb, a boy she comes to trust and then love, and many more people who want to return her to the King's service.  This book is a great read with an interesting premise and story line!  Eve is the first book in a new trilogy and I can't wait to read the second one and find out if Eve makes it to freedom and if she meets up again with Caleb.

The Hunt series by Andrew Fukuda

     1. The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
     17-year-old Gene has lived alone since he was 10.  His family was killed by vampires who have taken over civilization.  It is only by his careful planning and following of society rules that he has managed to live among them, undetected.  Now he has been selected to participate in a hunt for the few remaining humans in captivity.  This exciting and fast-paced book kept me turning pages and sneaking every chance to read on.  I had to read the sequel, too!

     2. The Prey by Andrew Fukuda
     Now Gene finds himself running for his life along with the other humans from the hunt.  Is there anywhere safe from the vampires who have taken over civilization?  Gene and the others find a place that seems like the answer until more and more sinister things keep happening.  I rarely like sequels as much as the first book but this one was just as exciting with lots of plot twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat!

     3. The Trap by Andrew Fukuda
     This book comes out in November and I can't wait!  I will certainly be buying it for the library and, hopefully, among the first to put a hold on it!  If the first two books in this Trilogy were any indication, this one is bound to be a page-turner and full of surprises.