YA Staff Pick of the Week: The Roar

This week's book pick is The Roar by Emma Clayton.

Mika's twin sister Ellie disappeared a year ago, but Mika refuses to believe she's dead. Life was already grim in London behind The Wall ever since the Animal Plague, and with Ellie gone it's that much worse. Mika knows there must be a way to find Ellie, and it just might be through the new program the government is funding, a program where kids compete against each other in fight-to-the-virtual-death video game tournaments. Mika is certain he is getting closer to Ellie with every game he plays, and maybe the truth of what is really out there beyond The Wall. But will the price of finding out the truth cost too much?

Check out the book trailer for The Roar here.