Looking for Alaska by John Green

Title: Looking for Alaska
Author: John Green
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: 3rd March 2005
Genre: Young Adult

Summary:
After transferring to a boarding school after being a social recluse, Miles Halter's world is turned upside down when he meets the crazy and beautiful Alaska Young.

The former social recluse, Miles's heart is stolen as he is drawn into Alaska's world of rule-breaking and pranks.

Review: 
Looking for Alaska was John Green's (author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns - reviews here and here) debut novel, all the way back in 2005.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Title: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Author: Ransom Riggs
Publisher: Quirk
Release Date: 7th June 2011
Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Fantasy

Summary:
Jacob grew up surrounded by the weird and marvelous stories his grandfather told him of peculiar children with weird powers. However, when Jacob witnesses a monster murdering his grandfather - the stories he was told as a boy become a mysterious reality.

Clues lead Jacob to an island in Wales, where he discovers; a peculiar orphanage, his grandfather's past and the monstrous danger he was running from his whole life.

Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

Title: Foxglove Summer

Author: Ben Aaronovitch
Publisher: Gollancz
Release Date: 13th November 2014
Genre: Young Adult, Sci-fi

Summary: 
Peter Grant is back for the fifth installment in the Rivers of London series, in which we find him venturing out of the smog of London to rural Herefordshire to investigate the disappearance of two young girls.

At first it seems that Peter's magical abilities are not required, but upon further investigation a history of mysterious events have led up to present day and Peter steps in to bring order to the countryside.