I Am the Cheese - Robert Cormier

Recommended for ages 8-18.

I loved this book. It is a gripping, perfectly crafted psychological masterpiece. It's not exactly scary like a thriller, but the ending will chill you and make you want to reread the book from start to finish.

It tells the tale of young Adam Farmer as he attempts to bike to visit his father in hospital many miles away. Interspersed, however with this first person narration is a much more disturbing insight into Adam's life, presented in third-person in the form of a series of psychiatric interviews between Adam and a mysterious character 'Brint'.

All is not as it seems. Adam does not remember who he is or what happened to his parents, and as the interviews progress he becomes more and more sure that Brint is part of the government consipracy that has controlled his family's life for a decade. As the plot thickens, the reader becomes more and more uncertain about who, or where Adam is.

This book eventually causes you to question everything the central characters say, to the point where you, like Adam, trust no-one.

Recommended for kids over 8 years old because the young'uns would probably be bored by its political and psychological intricacies.