Gather 'round book sleuths and let me clue you in to the latest mysteries for young adults. If you suspect you are drawn to the Mystery genre, this list is no red herring; you'll find plenty of puzzles to be solved with this list of Mystery reads for teens, dear Watson. Selected and curated by SJPL Librarians.
When she finds her favorite teacher lying in a pool of blood, Gigi calls on her high school's "mystery club" to help her solve the murder, resul...Show more
When she finds her favorite teacher lying in a pool of blood, Gigi calls on her high school's "mystery club" to help her solve the murder, resulting in a cat-and-mouse game with the killer, continual flare-ups of her IBS and her archnemesis turning flirtatious.
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When she finds her favorite teacher lying in a pool of blood, Gigi calls on her high school's "mystery club" to help her solve the murder, resul...Show more
When she finds her favorite teacher lying in a pool of blood, Gigi calls on her high school's "mystery club" to help her solve the murder, resulting in a cat-and-mouse game with the killer, continual flare-ups of her IBS and her archnemesis turning flirtatious.
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Told through a collection of letters, meeting notes, news articles and court transcripts, this unflinching story follows 15-year-old homeless teen Ruby, w...Show more
Told through a collection of letters, meeting notes, news articles and court transcripts, this unflinching story follows 15-year-old homeless teen Ruby, who is accused of murdering a wealthy businessman and must make desperate choices to prove her innocence with the help of her state-appointed caseworker.
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Told through a collection of letters, meeting notes, news articles and court transcripts, this unflinching story follows 15-year-old homeless teen Ruby, w...Show more
Told through a collection of letters, meeting notes, news articles and court transcripts, this unflinching story follows 15-year-old homeless teen Ruby, who is accused of murdering a wealthy businessman and must make desperate choices to prove her innocence with the help of her state-appointed caseworker.
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Eighteen-year-old Addie Blackwood is forced to team up with her childhood rival to unmask her sister's killer.
Eighteen-year-old Addie Blackwood is forced to team up with her childhood rival to unmask her sister's killer.
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Eighteen-year-old Addie Blackwood is forced to team up with her childhood rival to unmask her sister's killer.
Eighteen-year-old Addie Blackwood is forced to team up with her childhood rival to unmask her sister's killer.
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Sixteen-year-old Kat's con-artist mom takes on one last heist before going straight for good, but the job takes a deadly turn.
Sixteen-year-old Kat's con-artist mom takes on one last heist before going straight for good, but the job takes a deadly turn.
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Sixteen-year-old Kat's con-artist mom takes on one last heist before going straight for good, but the job takes a deadly turn.
Sixteen-year-old Kat's con-artist mom takes on one last heist before going straight for good, but the job takes a deadly turn.
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Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime. Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the ...Show more
Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime. Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year's game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win. Some of the players are in it for the money. Some for power. Some for reasons all their own. Every single one of them has secrets. Amidst it all is Grayson Hawthorne, tasked with a vital role in this year's game. But as tensions rise and the mind-bending challenges push the players to their limits--physically, mentally, and emotionally--it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules.
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Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime. Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the ...Show more
Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime. Welcome to the Grandest Game, an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year's game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win. Some of the players are in it for the money. Some for power. Some for reasons all their own. Every single one of them has secrets. Amidst it all is Grayson Hawthorne, tasked with a vital role in this year's game. But as tensions rise and the mind-bending challenges push the players to their limits--physically, mentally, and emotionally--it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules.
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When her grandmother, the chair of their family's luxury coat business, dies suddenly and her fortune goes missing, Lily Rosewood and three other seemingl...Show more
When her grandmother, the chair of their family's luxury coat business, dies suddenly and her fortune goes missing, Lily Rosewood and three other seemingly random teens are sent on a treasure hunt around Rosetown that becomes more dangerous than she ever could have imagined.
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When her grandmother, the chair of their family's luxury coat business, dies suddenly and her fortune goes missing, Lily Rosewood and three other seemingl...Show more
When her grandmother, the chair of their family's luxury coat business, dies suddenly and her fortune goes missing, Lily Rosewood and three other seemingly random teens are sent on a treasure hunt around Rosetown that becomes more dangerous than she ever could have imagined.
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In London, 1593, sixteen-year-old Will Hughes makes his living on Shakespeare's stage, but after the famous playwright Christopher Marlowe is murdered, he...Show more
In London, 1593, sixteen-year-old Will Hughes makes his living on Shakespeare's stage, but after the famous playwright Christopher Marlowe is murdered, he teams up with young Lord James Bloomsbury, and together the two hunt the elusive assassin as their forbidden feelings for each other ignite.
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In London, 1593, sixteen-year-old Will Hughes makes his living on Shakespeare's stage, but after the famous playwright Christopher Marlowe is murdered, he...Show more
In London, 1593, sixteen-year-old Will Hughes makes his living on Shakespeare's stage, but after the famous playwright Christopher Marlowe is murdered, he teams up with young Lord James Bloomsbury, and together the two hunt the elusive assassin as their forbidden feelings for each other ignite.
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When her ex-girlfriend goes missing exactly one year after her sister vanished, small-town Louisiana true-crime podcaster Iris Blackthorn and her amateur ...Show more
When her ex-girlfriend goes missing exactly one year after her sister vanished, small-town Louisiana true-crime podcaster Iris Blackthorn and her amateur sleuthing agency are determined to solve these disappearances while avoiding a suspicious detective watching their every move.
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When her ex-girlfriend goes missing exactly one year after her sister vanished, small-town Louisiana true-crime podcaster Iris Blackthorn and her amateur ...Show more
When her ex-girlfriend goes missing exactly one year after her sister vanished, small-town Louisiana true-crime podcaster Iris Blackthorn and her amateur sleuthing agency are determined to solve these disappearances while avoiding a suspicious detective watching their every move.
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With half the town against her, senior Scottie O'Doul searches for the truth behind the deadly car crash that killed her twin sister and the high school f...Show more
With half the town against her, senior Scottie O'Doul searches for the truth behind the deadly car crash that killed her twin sister and the high school football coach, running mile after mile to push through her grief and trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle together.
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With half the town against her, senior Scottie O'Doul searches for the truth behind the deadly car crash that killed her twin sister and the high school f...Show more
With half the town against her, senior Scottie O'Doul searches for the truth behind the deadly car crash that killed her twin sister and the high school football coach, running mile after mile to push through her grief and trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle together.
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Teddy used to love lifeguarding Bottomrock Lake, until her twin went for a midnight swim and never came back. Being a talented swimmer, Izzy couldn’t have...Show more
Teddy used to love lifeguarding Bottomrock Lake, until her twin went for a midnight swim and never came back. Being a talented swimmer, Izzy couldn’t have drowned. If she did drown, where is her body, why is her passport missing? Then Toby, who watched Izzy disappear, takes a job as a lifeguard. With Toby's help, Teddy will spend one final summer trying to figure out what happened to Izzy.
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Teddy used to love lifeguarding Bottomrock Lake, until her twin went for a midnight swim and never came back. Being a talented swimmer, Izzy couldn’t have...Show more
Teddy used to love lifeguarding Bottomrock Lake, until her twin went for a midnight swim and never came back. Being a talented swimmer, Izzy couldn’t have drowned. If she did drown, where is her body, why is her passport missing? Then Toby, who watched Izzy disappear, takes a job as a lifeguard. With Toby's help, Teddy will spend one final summer trying to figure out what happened to Izzy.
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A suspect in a terrible crime, Alberto, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico with developing schizophrenia, learns he's not alone when Grace, a girl with whom he forms an immediate--and electric--connection sets out to prove his innocence.
A suspect in a terrible crime, Alberto, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico with developing schizophrenia, learns he's not alone when Grace, a girl with whom he forms an immediate--and electric--connection sets out to prove his innocence.
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A suspect in a terrible crime, Alberto, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico with developing schizophrenia, learns he's not alone when Grace, a girl with whom he forms an immediate--and electric--connection sets out to prove his innocence.
A suspect in a terrible crime, Alberto, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico with developing schizophrenia, learns he's not alone when Grace, a girl with whom he forms an immediate--and electric--connection sets out to prove his innocence.
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High school junior Quinn Calvet gets caught up in the disappearance of kids in a nearby town, soon beginning to suspect more to the story than anyone understands, and it is up to her to figure out what's going on.
High school junior Quinn Calvet gets caught up in the disappearance of kids in a nearby town, soon beginning to suspect more to the story than anyone understands, and it is up to her to figure out what's going on.
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High school junior Quinn Calvet gets caught up in the disappearance of kids in a nearby town, soon beginning to suspect more to the story than anyone understands, and it is up to her to figure out what's going on.
High school junior Quinn Calvet gets caught up in the disappearance of kids in a nearby town, soon beginning to suspect more to the story than anyone understands, and it is up to her to figure out what's going on.
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After spending two months in a juvenile detention center for a crime he did not commit, seventeen-year-old Andre Jackson returns home and tries to adapt to a Covid-19 world and find his missing best friend.
After spending two months in a juvenile detention center for a crime he did not commit, seventeen-year-old Andre Jackson returns home and tries to adapt to a Covid-19 world and find his missing best friend.
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After spending two months in a juvenile detention center for a crime he did not commit, seventeen-year-old Andre Jackson returns home and tries to adapt to a Covid-19 world and find his missing best friend.
After spending two months in a juvenile detention center for a crime he did not commit, seventeen-year-old Andre Jackson returns home and tries to adapt to a Covid-19 world and find his missing best friend.
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Stella North is one of twelve young pilots competing in a 1937 air race meant to promote peace in Europe, but when one of her competitors is sabotaged, Stella races to determine who is capable of murder, and who might be the next victim.
Stella North is one of twelve young pilots competing in a 1937 air race meant to promote peace in Europe, but when one of her competitors is sabotaged, Stella races to determine who is capable of murder, and who might be the next victim.
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Stella North is one of twelve young pilots competing in a 1937 air race meant to promote peace in Europe, but when one of her competitors is sabotaged, Stella races to determine who is capable of murder, and who might be the next victim.
Stella North is one of twelve young pilots competing in a 1937 air race meant to promote peace in Europe, but when one of her competitors is sabotaged, Stella races to determine who is capable of murder, and who might be the next victim.
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At the most elite private school in Washington, DC., whenever anyone has a problem that they need to go away, they hire Hana Yang Lerner. Hana is a fixer....Show more
At the most elite private school in Washington, DC., whenever anyone has a problem that they need to go away, they hire Hana Yang Lerner. Hana is a fixer. She knows who to call, what to say, and how to make sure secrets stay where they belong—buried. She can fix anything. Except her own life, which was destroyed when her father, senator Skip Lerner, was arrested for an accident that left one woman nearly dead. Now Hana’s reputation is ruined and her friends are gone. So when she gets a job from an anonymous client called “Three” to follow her former best friend, Luce Herrera, Hana realizes this might be her way of getting back her old life. But the dangerous thing about digging is that you never know what you’ll unearth. As Hana uncovers a dark truth about her supposedly flawless classmates, she’s forced to face a secret of her own.
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At the most elite private school in Washington, DC., whenever anyone has a problem that they need to go away, they hire Hana Yang Lerner. Hana is a fixer....Show more
At the most elite private school in Washington, DC., whenever anyone has a problem that they need to go away, they hire Hana Yang Lerner. Hana is a fixer. She knows who to call, what to say, and how to make sure secrets stay where they belong—buried. She can fix anything. Except her own life, which was destroyed when her father, senator Skip Lerner, was arrested for an accident that left one woman nearly dead. Now Hana’s reputation is ruined and her friends are gone. So when she gets a job from an anonymous client called “Three” to follow her former best friend, Luce Herrera, Hana realizes this might be her way of getting back her old life. But the dangerous thing about digging is that you never know what you’ll unearth. As Hana uncovers a dark truth about her supposedly flawless classmates, she’s forced to face a secret of her own.
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When her best friend, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is murdered, Duchess Simmons becomes convinced that beautiful, wealthy and white Ti...Show more
When her best friend, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is murdered, Duchess Simmons becomes convinced that beautiful, wealthy and white Tinsley McArthur is responsible, and though Duchess is determined to prove Tinsley's guilt, Tinsley has an agenda of her own.
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When her best friend, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is murdered, Duchess Simmons becomes convinced that beautiful, wealthy and white Ti...Show more
When her best friend, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is murdered, Duchess Simmons becomes convinced that beautiful, wealthy and white Tinsley McArthur is responsible, and though Duchess is determined to prove Tinsley's guilt, Tinsley has an agenda of her own.
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A year after her sister Skyla's boyfriend was found murdered, Roxie, from the cursed Clark family, helps Skyla find closure by searching for the killer and soon discovers that some scary stories might be better left untold.
A year after her sister Skyla's boyfriend was found murdered, Roxie, from the cursed Clark family, helps Skyla find closure by searching for the killer and soon discovers that some scary stories might be better left untold.
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A year after her sister Skyla's boyfriend was found murdered, Roxie, from the cursed Clark family, helps Skyla find closure by searching for the killer and soon discovers that some scary stories might be better left untold.
A year after her sister Skyla's boyfriend was found murdered, Roxie, from the cursed Clark family, helps Skyla find closure by searching for the killer and soon discovers that some scary stories might be better left untold.
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Kit Sutherland moves to Washington, DC, to work as a codebreaker at Arlington Hall, but when she stumbles onto a bloody homicide scene, she joins forces with other female codebreakers to find the person killing government girls.
Kit Sutherland moves to Washington, DC, to work as a codebreaker at Arlington Hall, but when she stumbles onto a bloody homicide scene, she joins forces with other female codebreakers to find the person killing government girls.
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Kit Sutherland moves to Washington, DC, to work as a codebreaker at Arlington Hall, but when she stumbles onto a bloody homicide scene, she joins forces with other female codebreakers to find the person killing government girls.
Kit Sutherland moves to Washington, DC, to work as a codebreaker at Arlington Hall, but when she stumbles onto a bloody homicide scene, she joins forces with other female codebreakers to find the person killing government girls.
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Flight 133 disappeared over the ocean. No wreckage. No distress signal. Just gone. Suddenly, everyone on the news and social media is talking about whethe...Show more
Flight 133 disappeared over the ocean. No wreckage. No distress signal. Just gone. Suddenly, everyone on the news and social media is talking about whether the pilot intentionally crashed it—everyone but me. Because I know her. The pilot was my mom, and there's no way she would hurt anyone. Now it feels like someone split my world—and me—in two, and the only person who believes me is Landon. All I know is falling for him will only make things more complicated.
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Flight 133 disappeared over the ocean. No wreckage. No distress signal. Just gone. Suddenly, everyone on the news and social media is talking about whethe...Show more
Flight 133 disappeared over the ocean. No wreckage. No distress signal. Just gone. Suddenly, everyone on the news and social media is talking about whether the pilot intentionally crashed it—everyone but me. Because I know her. The pilot was my mom, and there's no way she would hurt anyone. Now it feels like someone split my world—and me—in two, and the only person who believes me is Landon. All I know is falling for him will only make things more complicated.
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Gideon's short-lived run as a locally-famous boy detective ended when middle school started, and everyone else--including his best friend, Lily--moved on ...Show more
Gideon's short-lived run as a locally-famous boy detective ended when middle school started, and everyone else--including his best friend, Lily--moved on while Gideon kept holding on to his trench coat, fedora, and his treasured film noir collection. Now, he's sixteen and officially retired. That is, until Lily shows up suddenly at Gideon's door, needing his help.
He might be mad at her for cutting him off with no explanation, but Gideon can't turn down a case. As a cover, Gideon joins Lily on the school paper. Surprisingly, he finds himself warming up to the welcoming, close-knit staff . . . especially Tess, the cute, witty editor-in-chief.
But as the case gets bigger than Gideon or Lily could have anticipated, Gideon must balance his black-and-white quest for the truth with the full colours of real-life--or risk a permanent fade to black.
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Gideon's short-lived run as a locally-famous boy detective ended when middle school started, and everyone else--including his best friend, Lily--moved on ...Show more
Gideon's short-lived run as a locally-famous boy detective ended when middle school started, and everyone else--including his best friend, Lily--moved on while Gideon kept holding on to his trench coat, fedora, and his treasured film noir collection. Now, he's sixteen and officially retired. That is, until Lily shows up suddenly at Gideon's door, needing his help.
He might be mad at her for cutting him off with no explanation, but Gideon can't turn down a case. As a cover, Gideon joins Lily on the school paper. Surprisingly, he finds himself warming up to the welcoming, close-knit staff . . . especially Tess, the cute, witty editor-in-chief.
But as the case gets bigger than Gideon or Lily could have anticipated, Gideon must balance his black-and-white quest for the truth with the full colours of real-life--or risk a permanent fade to black.
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In this queer contemporary YA mystery, a nonbinary teen with autism realizes they must not only solve a 30-year-old mystery but also face the demons lurki...Show more
In this queer contemporary YA mystery, a nonbinary teen with autism realizes they must not only solve a 30-year-old mystery but also face the demons lurking in their past in order to live a satisfying life.
Sam Sylvester's not overly optimistic about their recent move to the small town of Astoria, Oregon after a traumatic experience in their last home in the rural Midwest.
Yet Sam's life seems to be on the upswing after meeting several new friends and a potential love interest in Shep, the pretty neighbor. However, Sam can't seem to let go of what might have been, and is drawn to investigate the death of a teenage boy in 1980s Astoria. Sam's convinced he was murdered--especially since Sam's investigation seems to resurrect some ghosts in the town.
Threatening notes and figures hidden in shadows begin to disrupt Sam's life. Yet Sam continues to search for the truth. When Sam discovers that they may be closer to a killer than previously known, Sam has a difficult decision to make. Would they risk their new life for a half-lived one?
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In this queer contemporary YA mystery, a nonbinary teen with autism realizes they must not only solve a 30-year-old mystery but also face the demons lurki...Show more
In this queer contemporary YA mystery, a nonbinary teen with autism realizes they must not only solve a 30-year-old mystery but also face the demons lurking in their past in order to live a satisfying life.
Sam Sylvester's not overly optimistic about their recent move to the small town of Astoria, Oregon after a traumatic experience in their last home in the rural Midwest.
Yet Sam's life seems to be on the upswing after meeting several new friends and a potential love interest in Shep, the pretty neighbor. However, Sam can't seem to let go of what might have been, and is drawn to investigate the death of a teenage boy in 1980s Astoria. Sam's convinced he was murdered--especially since Sam's investigation seems to resurrect some ghosts in the town.
Threatening notes and figures hidden in shadows begin to disrupt Sam's life. Yet Sam continues to search for the truth. When Sam discovers that they may be closer to a killer than previously known, Sam has a difficult decision to make. Would they risk their new life for a half-lived one?
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All seventeen-year-old Maggie Warshauer wants is to leave her stifled life in Filliyaw Creek behind and head to college. An outsider at school and uncerta...Show more
All seventeen-year-old Maggie Warshauer wants is to leave her stifled life in Filliyaw Creek behind and head to college. An outsider at school and uncertain of her own sexual identity, Maggie longs to start again somewhere new. Inspired by a long-dead biologist’s journals, scientific-minded Maggie spends her days sailing, exploring, and categorizing life around her. But when her beautiful cousin Charisse disappears on prom night and is found dead at the marina where Maggie lives, Maggie’s plans begin to unravel. A mysterious stranger begins stalking her and a local detective on the case leaves her struggling to hold on to her secrets—her father’s alcoholism, her mother’s abandonment, a boyfriend who may or may not exist, and her own actions on prom night. As the detective gets closer to finding the truth, and Maggie’s stalker is closing in, she is forced to comes to terms with the one person who might hold the answers—herself.
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All seventeen-year-old Maggie Warshauer wants is to leave her stifled life in Filliyaw Creek behind and head to college. An outsider at school and uncerta...Show more
All seventeen-year-old Maggie Warshauer wants is to leave her stifled life in Filliyaw Creek behind and head to college. An outsider at school and uncertain of her own sexual identity, Maggie longs to start again somewhere new. Inspired by a long-dead biologist’s journals, scientific-minded Maggie spends her days sailing, exploring, and categorizing life around her. But when her beautiful cousin Charisse disappears on prom night and is found dead at the marina where Maggie lives, Maggie’s plans begin to unravel. A mysterious stranger begins stalking her and a local detective on the case leaves her struggling to hold on to her secrets—her father’s alcoholism, her mother’s abandonment, a boyfriend who may or may not exist, and her own actions on prom night. As the detective gets closer to finding the truth, and Maggie’s stalker is closing in, she is forced to comes to terms with the one person who might hold the answers—herself.
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When her late best friend's formerly inactive Instagram starts posting again during the Scrabble competition, with cryptic messages suggesting that her de...Show more
When her late best friend's formerly inactive Instagram starts posting again during the Scrabble competition, with cryptic messages suggesting that her death was no accident, Najwa Bakri, surrounded by suspects, must find out who's behind these mysterious posts.
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When her late best friend's formerly inactive Instagram starts posting again during the Scrabble competition, with cryptic messages suggesting that her de...Show more
When her late best friend's formerly inactive Instagram starts posting again during the Scrabble competition, with cryptic messages suggesting that her death was no accident, Najwa Bakri, surrounded by suspects, must find out who's behind these mysterious posts.
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When children start to go missing in the local woods, eighteen-year-old Wendy Darling must face her fears and a past she cannot remember to rescue them in this novel based on Peter Pan.
When children start to go missing in the local woods, eighteen-year-old Wendy Darling must face her fears and a past she cannot remember to rescue them in this novel based on Peter Pan.
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When children start to go missing in the local woods, eighteen-year-old Wendy Darling must face her fears and a past she cannot remember to rescue them in this novel based on Peter Pan.
When children start to go missing in the local woods, eighteen-year-old Wendy Darling must face her fears and a past she cannot remember to rescue them in this novel based on Peter Pan.
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When a disturbing video of her late ex-best friend surfaces, making it like look like she was murdered, Haley digs into what really happened and must solve this supernatural mystery before history has a chance to repeat itself.
When a disturbing video of her late ex-best friend surfaces, making it like look like she was murdered, Haley digs into what really happened and must solve this supernatural mystery before history has a chance to repeat itself.
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When a disturbing video of her late ex-best friend surfaces, making it like look like she was murdered, Haley digs into what really happened and must solve this supernatural mystery before history has a chance to repeat itself.
When a disturbing video of her late ex-best friend surfaces, making it like look like she was murdered, Haley digs into what really happened and must solve this supernatural mystery before history has a chance to repeat itself.
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