Starters by Lissa Price

     It seems I just can't get enough of dystopian novels!  Starters is another novel set in the distant future.  Biological weapons have been used in a war between numerous countries, including the United States.  The "genocide spore"  killed everyone who was not vaccinated against it, and the only ones to be vaccinated were the very young and the very old.  Young people who have not been "claimed" by their living grandparents are institutionalized or live illegally on the streets.  Callie and her little brother Tyler do not have any living relatives and must hide out from authorities to stay together.
     In a desperate attempt to earn money for herself and Tyler, Callie visits the body bank, Prime Destinations.  Here, teens have microchips implanted in their brains.  Through those microchips, elderly people called enders can access the teens' bodies and "rent" them in order to do things such as sky diving, rock climbing, dancing, etc.  Both the teen and the elderly renter are put to sleep.  While the teen sleeps, the ender has control of the body.  When the teen awakens, the ender's adventure (some of which last a month or more) is over.
     Callie decides that the money she could earn from renting is too much to pass up.  The first rental experience lasts only a day and goes well.  However, the next experience is far from normal.  Callie's microchip malfunctions and she takes over her body during the rental.  She finds herself in her renter's experience.  Afraid that she might lose the money promised her, Callie tries to pretend to be an ender in her own body.  Soon, she finds out that the ender renting her body doesn't want to use her body to dance or rock climb but to commit murder!  What if Callie loses control of her body at the wrong moment, and someone ends up dead?
     This book is part dystopia, part mystery, part thriller.  It is an easy, quick, entertaining read.  Amazon has picked it as one of the best books of the year, and it has been nominated for a YALSA award for best fiction for young adults.  The sequel, Enders, comes out December 11.