The Toll by Neal Shusterman, 625 pages

It’s been three years since Rowan and Citra disappeared; since Scythe Goddard came into power; since the Thunderhead closed itself off to everyone but Grayson Tolliver.

In this pulse-pounding conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe trilogy, constitutions are tested and old friends are brought back from the dead.

Orleans by Sherri Smith, 324 pages

Imagine that Katrina wasn't the last big hurricane to hit New Orleans. Imagine that after a while the government just closed off the coast and disconnected it from the United States. And imagine that you're still living there and trying to survive.