<p>Jordana Frankel’s thrilling and imaginative YA dystopian novel <em>The Ward</em> is set in a near-future New York City. A catastrophic flood has washed out Manhattan, leaving the rivers polluted, and entire neighborhoods underwater. Some areas are quarantined because of an outbreak of a deadly disease.<br /> <br />The illness, known as the Blight, is killing sixteen-year-old Ren’s sister. Desperate to save her sister’s life, Ren agrees to lead a secret mission from the government to search for a cure. But her quest leads to a confounding mystery beneath the water and an unlikely friendship with a passionate scientist.<br /> <br />Readers who love speculative fiction and crave action-packed stories similar to Veronica Roth’s <em>Divergent</em> will find <em>The Ward</em> absolutely unputdownable.<br /> </p>