Vault of Dreamers

Gr 9 Up—Students at the Forge School are constantly televised and the audience votes on who should be admitted. Additionally, there is a period of enforced, drugged sleep for all students between 6 pm and 6 am, supposedly to foster creativity. Rosie Sinclair, a new student who just barely got voted in, thinks there is something more going on here; but it's not until she skips her sleeping pill one night and sees students being wheeled out of the dorm that her suspicions are rewarded. As she starts her own investigation, the creepiness of the plot intensifies. Narrator Emily Woo Zeller perfectly relates Rosie's confusion and determination to solve the mystery. Zeller also does a great job differentiating among the characters, which includes a Welsh accent for Rosie's boyfriend, Linus. The abrupt shocker of an ending calls for a sequel immediately.