Every Day by David Levithan

Imagine being a person with no body of your own. The main character in this story, who calls himself A, finds himself in a new body each and every day. He takes over the person't life for one day, then at midnight (usually when A is asleep) he enters a new person's body for the next 24 hours. He is always careful not to mess up the lives of the people he inhabits. He goes to school and sports practices and family dinners so that no one is the wiser. A really has no gender—some days he is male and some days female. He has been blind and a drug addict and a victim of abuse. He can wake up as a person of any race or ethnicity, but he always returns somewhere within a few hundred miles of his previous body. One day A wakes up in the body of a tough guy with a girlfriend named Rhiannon. She is special and she and A spend a magical day together skipping school and going to the beach. Of course, Rhiannon just thinks her boyfriend has suddenly become a nice guy, but the truth is she is connecting with A. From that day on, A starts breaking the rules and trying to connect with Rhiannon. But how can love survive with a person who has no physical body? It's a great premise that's well executed. The author sticks to the rules he has set up for A's life and it's fun to read about each new day in A's life. Recommended for high school readers.

The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda

Gene has learned how to survive in a hostile world. He never lets anyone see him sweat. He makes no facial expressions. He scratches his wrists when something is funny. He never eats fruits or vegetables or drinks water in public. If the people around him discover that he is a "heper" (their word for human) they will devour him instantly in a frenzy of blood and gore. Gene goes to high school and tries to avoid notice. But when he wins a lottery and is chosen for the heper hunt, he can't hide any more. He will be expected to hunt and kill the last known hepers in the world. This is the story of Gene's training and the eventual heper hunt. It's full of suspense and action, and is already very popular, especially among guys at my school. The word vampire is never used, but the bloodthirsty people who control Gene's world clearly bear a lot of similarities to vampires. At first glance this didn't sound like it would be my kind of story, but the author really drew me in and made me care about Gene and the other hepers. Fans of dystopian fiction will enjoy this even though it's in a slightly different genre. Recommended for 7th-12th graders.

Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan

Waverly is a 15-year-old girl who was born in outer space. She is currently on the space station Empyrean hurtling away from earth and toward a new future on a distant planet called “New Earth.” It will be her job to marry and have lots of babies in order to keep the human race alive. Her boyfriend, Kieran, seems made for her. He loves her and will be the future captain of their ship. But she can’t help noticing the darkly intriguing Seth who is also on board. Everything changes in an instant when the Empyrean is hijacked by its sister ship, the New Horizon. All of the adults are killed or have disappeared and the girls of the Empyrean are kidnapped and taken to the New Horizon where they will be used as breeders. On the New Horizon Waverly struggles to lead a rebellion of the kidnapped girls and back on the Empyrean, Kieran and Seth battle to take control of the remaining boys left on the spaceship. Both are caught in a life-and-death struggle in the unforgiving and dangerous realm of outer space. While I found some of the action unbelievable at times and the secondary characters poorly fleshed-out, it's a fast-paced read and an intriguing concept that would be appropriate for 7th-12th graders.