I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

Barry Lyga chooses topics for his books that few authors would think of for YA books. (Think Boy Toy). In I hunt Killers, Jazz is the son of serial killer Billy Dent, a sociopath who did his best to involve his son in what he thought of as a family vocation.  He is in prison now, but there is a new killer in town and Jazz wants to stop him.

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

What a provocative story.  Full of danger, adventure and unforgettable characters.  At the end I wondered how many of us, particularly between the ages of 13 and 18, could convince a jury that we are more important than the sum of our parts.

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

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The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

Does the town of Gentry willingly sacrifice one of its children from time to time in order to maintain a certain lifestyle? Does Mackie really belong or is he a replacement for a stolen child?
This is a story of battling underworlds, their careless control of humans, and of Mackie’s effort to retain his humanity.

Rash by Pete Hautman

The USSA, the United Safer States of America, is a nation obsessed with safety: Safety helmets for walkers! But it needs an underclass: Someone has to do the dirty work. Harsh laws that keep some safe also ensure that a sizeable portion of the population, like many of Bo's family, will end up in prison factories. Bo ends up in one with a seriously psycho warden. (Reminiscent of Sachar's Holes)

The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff

Life just doesn't seem worth living for sixteen-year-old Jayson - not trapped in the inland Florida projects where he struggles to keep up at school and with life while suffering the abuse of his hard hitting and hard drinking mother. The drop from the eighteenth floor balcony looks like a good way out.

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

This IS NOT a book for boys. They could not possibly enjoy sophomore Frankie's getting the better of the most powerful senior boys in her school.
Get over the fact that the school is a boarding school for the white, seriously over privileged mostly WASPish future leaders of the country and enjoy Frankie's triumphs.

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell

This has been described as a historical thriller. The rules by which 15-year-old Evie is expected to live and the nature of the anti-Semitic racism may be post World War II, but everything else is now. Nobody is what they seem to be, and Evie has to grow up super fast when three people go out in a boat and only two return. This suspense will have you reading fast – and if you never really got the “literary device” of foreboding, you will know it after reading this great suspense.

Impossible by Nancy Werlin

Can Lucy escape the family curse, to give birth as a teenager and then descend into madness? Boyfriend Zach and foster parents fight alongside her to overcome the evil magic of a malignant Elfin Knight in this suspenseful, romantic fantasy.

Bonechiller by Graham Mcnamee

This is the author who wrote "Acceleration" with a serial killer involved. Here, the serial killer has been killing teenagers in Arctic Canada for decades. But what is the killer? A nightmare? ...Bigfoot, Yeti...