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Fatal Attraction (Nancy Drew Files #22)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1988
Newspaper publisher Frazier Carlton comes to Nancy with a delicate problem. He wants her to investigate his daughter Brenda’s new…
boyfriend. The trouble is, Brenda is Nancy’s arch rival, and as soon as Nancy starts investigating Mike McKeever, Brenda suspects Nancy of being interested in him. Could things get worse? Yes! It seems Mike has a very shadowy past and one of his girlfriends never made it home…How can Nancy get Brenda to listen to her, before she ends up as another one of Mike’s statistics?Hidden Meanings (Nancy Drew Files #110)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1995
Nancy checks into a luxury hotel where danger comes free of charge. While Nancy investigates threats against Italian-born student Gina…
Fiorellao, Gina targets Ned Nickerson for romance. Nancy uncovers secret ambitions and sinister desires that could prove fatal—not only for Gina, but for Nancy as well.Till Death Do Us Part (Nancy Drew Files #24)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1988
When Nancy turns down Ned's marriage proposal, she is shocked when the very next day he announces his engagement to…
another girl! Nancy knows the other girl is up to no good and she is determined to find out what she is up to.Don't Look Twice (Nancy Drew Files #55)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1991
Nancy’s in Chicago to cheer for the Emerson College basketball team—led by cocaptain Ned Nickerson—against their rivals. But she can’t…
believe her eyes. Has Ned saved his sickest moves for the post-game celebration? Is he really making a pass at Denise Mason, a cheerleader who bears a striking resemblance to Nancy?The mystery takes an even more serious twist when a kidnapper, intending to abduct Denise, grabs Nancy instead! Denise’s father is the curator of a museum, and a team of art smugglers is making a play for a priceless painting. In this case of forgery and mistaken identity, Nancy discovers that deception and danger are the only rules of the game.Tall, Dark and Deadly (Nancy Drew Files #66)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1991
When Halloway College freshman Ava Woods turns to Campus Connections—a computer dating service—in hopes of finding her dream date, she…
disappears. To solve the crime, Nancy and Bess pose as transfer students and join the dating service. But then the head of the service is murdered—and Nancy becomes a suspect!The Memory Thief (Thirteen Witches #1)
Par Jodi Lynn Anderson. 2021
&“This expertly crafted story thrums with magic, love, and tense action.&” —Booklist (starred review)Perfect for fans of The Girl Who…
Drank the Moon, this fantastical and heartfelt first book in a new trilogy from critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author Jodi Lynn Anderson follows a girl who must defeat thirteen evil witches.Twelve-year-old Rosie Oaks&’s mom is missing whatever it is that makes mothers love their daughters. All her life, Rosie has known this...and turned to stories for comfort. Then, on the night Rosie decides to throw her stories away forever, an invisible ally helps her discover the Witch Hunter&’s Guide to the Universe, a book that claims that all of the evil in the world stems from thirteen witches who are unseen...but also unstoppable. One of these witches—the Memory Thief—holds an insidious power to steal our most precious treasures: our memories. And it is this witch who has cursed Rosie&’s mother.In her quest to save her mom—and with her wild, loyal friend &“Germ&” by her side—Rosie will find the layers hidden under the reality she only thought she knew: where ghosts linger as shades of the past, where clouds witness the world, and a ladder dangles from the moon leading to something bigger and more. Here, words are weapons against the darkness, and witch hunters are those brave enough to wield their imaginations in the face of the unthinkable. The knowledge of her beloved stories is an arsenal in this world, but to unlock their power, Rosie must dare to have hope and believe in herself in the face of daunting odds.The Midnight Market (Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter #2)
Par Beth McMullen. 2021
City Spies meets Indiana Jones in this &“laugh-out-loud funny&” (Kirkus Reviews) second book of the Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter series…
that follows Lola and her friends as they compete for a spot in top treasure-hunting society.After saving her father and the world, twelve-year-old Lola Benko and her new best friends, Jin and Hannah, are a true treasure-hunting team. But after botching a huge job, they are looking to redeem themselves.They decide to try their luck at Camp Timberwood, where teams will compete to join the legendary Task Force, a group that gets plumb assignments around the globe. When their former nemesis, Lipstick, shows up unexpectedly, she makes an offer they can&’t refuse: help her find the legendary Helm of Darkness and she will help them come out on top in the competition—and be the first team in line for the Task Force.They just have to go to the mysterious Midnight Market, where the Helm is rumored to be. But Lola, Jin, and Hannah still aren&’t fully back in sync after their recent failure. Can they prove to the Task Force—and themselves—that they still have what it takes?Here Lies Daniel Tate: A Novel
Par Cristin Terrill. 2017
A young, street-savvy runaway looking for a place to call home realizes he might have conned his way into the…
wrong family in this &“unique suspense novel with twists and turns that will keep readers guessing&” (School Library Journal) from award-winning author Cristin Terrill.It seems too good to be true when Daniel Tate, missing since he was abducted from one of California&’s most elite private enclaves at the age of ten, turns up on a snowy street in Vancouver six years later. At first too traumatized to speak, he is eventually able to tell the authorities who he is and is reunited with his overjoyed family. In time, they tell him, he&’ll recover the memories he&’s missing; all that matters is that they have him back.It&’s perfect. A miracle. Except for one thing:That boy isn&’t Daniel Tate.But he wants to be. A young con artist who&’s been taking on false identities for years, this impostor has stumbled onto the scam of a lifetime. Daniel has everything he&’s ever dreamed of—wealth, privilege, the chance to make a fresh start, and most importantly, a family that loves him. Now that he&’s finally found a place to belong, he doesn&’t question his luck.Until he realizes that maybe Daniel isn&’t missing at all. Maybe someone knows what really happened to the boy he&’s pretending to be…and if he can&’t uncover the truth—he could be next the next Daniel Tate to disappear.Anatomy of a Murderer
Par Tim Floreen. 2016
A teenage sociopath is &“fixed&” after he gets an implant that&’s supposed to cure him in this thrilling coming-of-age tale…
from the author of Willful Machines.A year ago, Rem Braithwaite watched his classmate Franklin Kettle commit a horrific crime.Now, apart from the nightmares, life has gone back to normal for Rem. Franklin was caught, convicted, and put away in juvenile detention for what he did. The ordeal seems to be over.Until Rem&’s mother selects Franklin as a test subject for an experimental brain procedure intended to &“cure&” him of his cruel and violent impulses. Suddenly Rem&’s memories of that day start coming back to the surface. His nightmares become worse than ever. Plus he has serious doubts about whether his mother&’s procedure will even work. Can evil really just be turned off?Then, as part of Franklin&’s follow-up testing, he and Rem are brought face to face, and Rem discovers…Franklin does seem different. Despite everything, Rem finds himself becoming friends with Franklin. Maybe even something more than friends.But when another of their classmates turns up dead, Rem&’s world turns upside-down yet again. Franklin insists that he&’s innocent, that he&’s cured, but Rem doesn&’t know what to believe. Is someone else responsible for this new murder, or is Franklin fated to stay a monster forever? And can Rem find out the answer to this question before the killer, whoever it is, comes after him too?Cutting Edge (Nancy Drew Files #70)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1992
When a top female skater takes a terrible fall, Nancy suspects sabotage. In this slippery world of fierce competition, ambition,…
and industrial espionage, is Nancy headed for a dance with danger?Killer Within (The Killer Instinct Novels)
Par S. E. Green. 2016
In the heart-pounding sequel to the “zippy, gripping psychological drama” (Kirkus Reviews) Killer Instinct, teen vigilante Lane must face the…
secrets and unexpected consequences that arise in the wake of her first kill.It’s been three months since Lane made her first kill—the sadistic Decapitator—and now she feels both closer and more alienated than ever from her united, grieving family. Haunted by conflicting memories of her mother, Lane resumes her role as the vigilante Masked Savior out of a feeling of obligation—but her heart just isn’t in it anymore. Now that Lane has felt the rush of deeper, darker thrills, a growing part of her wants to revisit its seductive power, and she’s not sure how long she can resist.Meanwhile, the Masked Savior has inspired its own fan site, where groupies gather online to praise, document, and debate each delivered act of justice. But one of Lane’s secret admirers is becoming a cunning copycat, exacting “justice” on defenseless innocents, escalating the violence with each attack.Someone is watching Lane, edging closer to making contact. Someone who knows her darkest secrets. Will Lane be able to stop the copycat and keep her identity protected? Or will she give in to the thrills that tempt her?It had to end sometime, but Mara had no idea it would end like this. Experience the mind-blowing conclusion to…
the New York Times bestselling Mara Dyer trilogy.Mara Dyer wants to believe there's more to the lies she’s been told. There is.She doesn’t stop to think about where her quest for the truth might lead. She should.She never had to imagine how far she would go for vengeance. She will now.Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer’s story. Retribution has arrived.Running into Trouble (Nancy Drew Files #115)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1996
Nancy and George have gone undercover at Brookline High to make sure no more harm comes to track star Samantha…
Matero. A suspicious accident during a recent practice run resulted in a nasty ankle sprain for Samantha, and now she’s receiveing a series of threatening notes and phone calls. And while the constant attention and good looks of fellow student Paul Johnson nearly sidetracks her investigation, Nancy’s determined to run this race to the end—before Samantha’a hopes run out.Dance Till You Die (Nancy Drew Files #100)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1994
Bess has landed a job at the Razor’s Edge dance club, and she’s invited Nancy to check it out. With…
a wild young crowd, crazy costumes, and a handsome DJ, it’s the kind of place where anything can happen—and soon does. When the lights go out and someone screams, no one knows what is happening. But as soon as the blackout is over, Nancy makes a shocking discovery: Bess has disappeared!Danger for Hire (Nancy Drew Files #52)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1990
Nancy Drew and investigative reporter Brenda Carlton compete to solve a case involving a string of local robberies, but Nancy…
must forget their rivalry when Brenda falls into a trap Nancy set for the thieves.The Wrong Chemistry (Nancy Drew Files #42)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1989
The Dean of Emerson College enlists Nancy to investigate the thefts of a valuable substance being used in a top-secret…
experiment. But when Nancy discovers that the experiment involves biological mutations, she knows she must find the culprit before the lives of everyone on campus are endangered.Fear (Fearless #23)
Par Francine Pascal. 2002
Mr. Was
Par Pete Hautman. 1998
Jack Lund figures a good day is when his dad's too drunk to beat up his mom. For Jack, Bogg's…
End is the end. The end of the turbulent, see-saw years of watching his father go on the wagon and fall right back off gain. Once it took two years, but the inevitable inevitably happened. Now it's just Jack and his mom starting over in the strange old house his grandfather left them. But the ride's not over yet. Jack's father returns, full of apologies and promises, and for a little while, things are looking up. Then in one terrifying, sickening moment, everything comes crashing back down again. So Jack runs. He runs through a strange hidden door that takes him back in time to before his parents were born. Before he was born. Maybe with a second chance he can stop the inevitable. At least he's got to try. What Jack doesn't understand, though, is that he can't change his future until he faces his past.Christopher Rowe is back and there are more puzzles, riddles, and secrets to uncover in this follow-up to the Indie…
Next pick The Blackthorn Key, which was called a &“spectacular debut&” by Kirkus Reviews in a starred review.The Black Death has returned to London, spreading disease and fear through town. A mysterious prophet predicts the city&’s ultimate doom—until an unknown apothecary arrives with a cure that actually works. Christopher&’s Blackthorn shop is chosen to prepare the remedy. But when an assassin threatens the apothecary&’s life, Christopher and his faithful friend Tom are back to hunting down the truth, risking their lives to untangle the heart of a dark conspiracy.And as the sickness strikes close to home, the stakes are higher than ever before…True: An Elixir Novel (The Elixir Novels)
Par Hilary Duff. 2013
The epic love story of Clea and Sage comes to its thrilling conclusion in the final book in the Elixir…
series by multitalented star Hilary Duff.Following the harrowing events of Elixir and Devoted—and the ceremony that almost killed Sage—Clea faces a new reality: with Sage’s soul in Nico’s body, the love of her life looks an awful lot like her best friend’s boyfriend. Can Clea and Sage really be happy under these circumstances? Struggling to keep his new identity secret and still protect Rayna, Clea makes one difficult choice after another.Clea wants to try to enjoy their new life together, but Sage is acting different—angry—and she struggles to keep her friends from finding out what has happened to him. Something is clearly haunting Sage, and Clea is losing control. Can she trust her friends with the dangerous truth, or will she lose Sage to his madness?