What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

It's a group of about 5 teens who live in an abandoned building (not sure if it's a post-apocalyptic dystopia or just a very poor country) and some of them take part in illegal car races? The leader is the oldest (nineteen at the most) and I think he has a little brother that all the gang protect. There's only one girl and I think she ends up dating the leader of the gang. One of the guys I think is a mechanic.... There's a rival gang that also races cars... I think there is a policeman or some government official that's trying to get them out of the building. I read this like 3-5 years ago

A guess - The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose?

Kris wrote: "A guess - The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose?"

No, I don't think so. I'm pretty sure the main character was male.

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Do you have any idea on when the book was written?

I'm pretty sure it was written somewhere between 2005-2013

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Possibly Thunder Road? Has male 19 y/o main character and a lot of street racing...

Reminds me of The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, though not exactly.

Still looking for this one?

Rainbowheart wrote: "Still looking for this one?"

Hi (some months late), but yes

The Supernaturalist is set in a dystopian future society. 5 friends/orphans, all no older than 17-19 bond together to hunt creatures and they live in an abandoned building. One of them is a Latina girl who partakes in illegal car races. They need to race th either gang to free her. later dates the MC. There’s no little brother but a smart inventor (mechanic?) guy who has dwarfism.
But the focus definitely isn’t on those car races, it’s a smaller plot within 😟

Google Books preview of The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer - Kenza's suggestion:

https://books.google.com/books?id=30Z...
There are different cover images.

Kirkus Review:
- "In the future’s Satellite City, where everything’s controlled by an enormous satellite, a plot-twisting adventure includes supernatural creatures, a disenfranchised band of Supernaturalists, and abundant use of futuristic weapons. Fourteen-year-old Cosmo escapes from an orphanage that uses boys as medical and commercial lab rats and meets three people racing around rooftops on a mission. The mission: electrically zapping ghostlike blue creatures at accident scenes before the creatures drain people’s life force. Stefan is the leader, Mona the mechanic, and Ditto—a 28-year-old genetic experiment with a six-year-old’s body—the medic. ..."

Kenza wrote: "The Supernaturalist is set in a dystopian future society. 5 friends/orphans, all no older than 17-19 bond together to hunt creatures and they live in an abandoned building. One of them..."

SOLVED YES! Thank you so much! I'd forgotten to check this post but now that I see the book I remember I read it because I used to really like that author. It seems I did not remember the plot very well though 😅