Andrew J. Andersen

Forbidden to play board games by their mother, who suddenly disappears, twins Rhett and Nash learn their family has the ability to enter the world of any game they want -- a gift that comes with a high price -- and must break their mom's most important rule to save her from a vengeful game character who has taken her hostage.

"One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It's just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber's mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she's inexplicably riding now. This mysterious return doesn't impact only Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber's now-estranged parents are battling over her. And...