(4) YA Immortal Game series. Bullied by classmates, Edie Kramer is on the verge of suicide when a mysterious stranger offers her a chance at revenge--but at what cost? Aguirre builds an intricate world of nightmarish monsters involved in a deadly game with humans as pawns in this paranormal series-starter, but numerous esoteric references and arbitrary rules may frustrate some readers.

Reviewer: LIly Kessinger

(3) 4-6 Avid list-maker Abigail meticulously documents the tumultuous happenings of sixth grade. Her friends become popular cheerleaders and begin to grow distant, and Abigail's strict teacher, Old Hawk, assigns her to be Friendly Letter partners with the school's resident outcast. Abigail is at turns funny and difficult, and this breezy, ultimately rewarding story charts her growth from superficial tween to thoughtful, brave individual.

Reviewer: LIly Kessinger

(4) YA Alternating narration between fly-under-the-radar average-student Wren and handsome "term-paper pimp" Grayson exhibits the teenagers' personal struggles with their identities and the implications of such on their developing relationship. Rife with contrived circumstances, Wren and Grayson's love story is predictable but also likely diverting for fans of light teen romance.

Reviewer: LIly Kessinger

(3) YA With Lori and Wayne Earl. John Green dedicated The Fault in Our Stars to Esther Earl, who, in her own words, "went through a life changing experience known as Thyroid Cancer." This posthumous collection (with a moving introduction by Green) gathers her musings and drawings, which span her illness. Reflections by family and friends both before and after her death at sixteen are also included. An ultimately hopeful offering.

Reviewer: LIly Kessinger

(3) 4-6 Wings & Co. series. Illustrated by David Roberts. Five months after inheriting a fairy detective agency, nine-year-old Emily Vole and her eccentric fellow detectives still haven't had any cases to solve. But something fishy is definitely happening when three cases involving magical wishes gone wrong appear all at once. Imbued with many dry Briticisms and peppered with whimsical line drawings, this second quirky mystery will have readers begging for more.

Reviewer: LIly Kessinger

(3) YA The girls at St. Joan's Academy are inexplicably falling sick with strange tics and symptoms. As a media maelstrom focuses on the Mystery Illness, Colleen Rowley struggles to graduate valedictorian and complete college applications. This riveting, complex novel transposes the events of The Crucible onto a modern-day setting and weaves a powerful mystery that will keep readers invested until the cryptic ending.

Reviewer: LIly Kessinger

(4) YA Shadow Falls: After Dark series. At the urging of a ghost with a mysterious connection to her past, reborn vampire Della Tsang investigates a young woman's disappearance and must make a choice between two men who vie for her heart. While fans of paranormal romances may find much to swoon over, the dragging plot and lack of character development will make the book a laborious read for others.

Reviewer: LIly Kessinger

(4) YA Alenna (The Forsaken; The Uprising) and fellow rebels implement their last assault on the tyrannical UNA. But when a betrayal endangers the entire rebel cause, Alenna struggles to preserve her ideals and hopes of democracy. Though predictable and with a tendency to moralize, this fast-paced conclusion to the dystopian trilogy delivers the intense action genre fans expect.

Reviewer: LIly Kessinger

(3) YA In the final installment of Roth's Divergent series, the factions are dismantled and the city is in upheaval. Tris and Tobias set out with a group of rebels to seek answers about the world beyond the fence. Amidst all the deception and betrayal, Roth provides meditations on love, loss, and sacrifice that ponder the complexities of free will versus genetic destiny.

Reviewer: LIly Kessinger