Mysteries of Cove: Fires of Invention by J. Scott Savage

Mysteries of Cove: Fires of Invention by J. Scott Savage is an exciting Steampunk dystopian story about a young man named Trenton Coleman and his friend Kallista Babbage. The two kids embark on a dangerous quest to find parts for a strange machine Kallista's father left behind before he was killed in a mysterious explosion.

They're not sure what it is or why her father left them, but as Kallista says, her father always did things for a reason. The final product astonishes the kids, but in a society locked inside of a mountain to save the people from the poisoned air that invention and creativity created outside their mountain, it's kind of hard to hide what they build. Will they be able to keep their machine a secret? And what happens when they discover what their society is really hiding them from; something lurking outside the safety of their underground city?

Divergent by Veronica Roth

In Divergent by Veronica Roth, Beatrice, or Tris as she likes to be called, grows up in a post apocalyptic society dominated by five factions, or groups of people that value a certain virtue.

She belongs to the faction called Abnigation, whichs values selflessness. There are four others in the city where she lives: Candor, a group which values honesty, Dauntless, which values courage, Amity, which values happiness, and Erudite, which values intelligence. She comes of age (which is 16) and is required to choose the faction she will be dedicated to the rest of her life. The problem is that when she takes her aptitude test, she is determined by the proctor to be "divergent". This troubles the proctor, a member of Candor, named Tori, who tells her to keep that to herself. Tori deletes the results from the computer so others can't see them, and manually enters the result that Tris leans toward Abnigation. However, Tris chooses to join Dauntless. This decision leads to a long set of trials, not the least being physcially and exhausting tests to determine if she is suitable to be a member of this faction of society. If she fails, she becomes one of the 'factionless' an undesirable group that is looked down on by others. But quickly she and her friends discover that there are more problems in their society than just being rejected by the factions. The leader of Erudite seems to have a sinister plan to take over. And Tris, being secrety a Divergent, somehow stands in the woman's way.

Cookies to Die For by Dene Low

The story of a hapless woman being taken hostage in her own home is a scary thought, but Cookies to Die For by Dene Low manages not to get too scary. Jane is home alone when a pair of burglars, seeking for something very specific but unknown to her, take her captive in their search for whatever they're after.

How is Jane going to escape? Especially when she knows her oldest son and his family are on their way to her house? Will she be able to get away from these goons and keep her family unscathed as well? One thing she knows how to do, is cook well. That appeases her tormentors, but will she figure out a way to use her cooking skills to orchestrate an escape as well?