Rad Reads

I have recently started a new teen sci-fi novel because they are an abundance of them and I might as well read them.  While I do like ridicule this genre for being overdone, Quarantine by Lex Thomas is excellent so far.  I haven't gotten too far in yet but I can already tell that this is going to be a grittier, more honest, and more realistic view of our teen generation in high school.  The plot so far (just setting, no plot development) follows a junior in high school who used to be the football captain and own the school.  After his mom died in a car wreck however, he goes into depression.  This depression costs him his girlfriend, who had been cheating on him with an old teammate of his.  After getting drunk at a party he violently attacks this old teammate and get thrown out of a party.  School starts the next week and he now has to lead his freshman brother and help him through high school.  Just as the day begins, the a bomb goes off spreading a disease killing all adults.  They are quarantined.