The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs by Jack Gantos — Ivy loves her mother. She has never known her father, but she isn’t bothered by that: the twins across the street, Ab and Dolph, have always been like fathers to her. When she finds a shocking surprise in their basement, however, she questions who they are — and what that could mean for her. If you like fantastic writing and Gothic themes, you’ll be right at home with this book.
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman — Richard Mayhew is nothing special, as far as he can tell. He works a boring job in London and tries to keep his demanding fiancée happy. Just before he is supposed to meet her at a chi-chi event, he runs into the wounded Lady Door. His decision to save her life will draw him into London Below, the dangerous city beneath the city he knows, where friends are as untrustworthy as enemies and death is a footstep away.
Looking For Alaska by John Green — Miles Halter decides to go away to boarding school, seeking a world wider and more exciting than his own. He makes friends, pulls pranks, and falls inescapably in love with the mysterious Alaska. Two things stand in the way of Miles’ ambitions: Alaska’s boyfriend, and her destructive secrets. When the unthinkable happens, Miles goes on a quest for answers he may never find.
The Dark Horse by Marcus Sedgwick — Mouse and Sigurd are walking by the sea when they stumble upon a box. They do not open it, but they take it with them. Unbeknownst to them, a strange man wakes further down the shore. The events that their actions set in motion resonate through their small tribe in ways that none of them could have imagined.
Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Updale — Montmorency lives the high life in Victorian London society. He and his friend Lord George Fox-Selwyn dine well, dress to the nines, and attend all the important parties while secretly carrying out intelligence missions. Montmorency has a secret of his own, though: he lives a double life as Scarper, a thief who creeps through London’s sewers and steals from the city’s rich. Can Montmorency keep his secret when someone from his past appears in his present?
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