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                  Ahmed, Samira. Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know
                  "In Paris, seventeen-year-old Khayyam, a part-Indian, part-French Muslim
                  American, is at a crossroads when a chance encounter plunges her into research
                  about Leila, a girl much like Khayyam who inspired Eugene Delacroix."
                  E-book

                  Armstrong, Kelley. Missing
                  When people leave Reeve’s End, they don’t tend to come back. A girl goes
                  missing and Winter Crane rescues a boy named Lennon who claims to know
                  about her. Then Lennon disappears and his brother Jude turns up looking for him.
                  Winter begins to question what is going on and if those who leave and never
                  return are doing so by choice, or if something bigger is at play.

                  Alphin, Elaine Marie. The Perfect Shot
                  "Brian uses basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family who
                  were gunned down a year ago, but the upcoming murder trial and a high school
                  history assignment force him to face the past and decide how far he should go to
                  see justice served."

                  Betcherman, Michael. The Justice Project
                  “In this mystery for teens, high-school student Matt Barnes, whose life has been
                  upended by a serious injury, lands a summer job defending the wrongly
                  convicted.”
                  E-book

Caletti, Deb. Girl, Unframed
"While spending a summer with her famous mother and her criminal boyfriend,
Sydney Reilly, age fifteen, finds love with Nicco but her premonition of something
bad coming proves dreadfully accurate."
E-book

Chappell, Crissa-Jean. Snowbirds
"When her best friend goes missing after a Rumspringa party, Lucy, who feels
guilty about not keeping better track of Alice, begins a desperate search for her
friend while trying to keep her own secret safe."

Elston, Ashley. This Is Our Story
"When a hunting accident claims a boy's life, his best friends all come under
suspicion."
E-book

Elston, Ashley. The Lying Woods
Owen Foster discovers his privileged life has been funded with stolen money. His
father has disappeared, leaving Owen and his mother with nothing but hate from
former employees. The only place Owen can find solace is at a pecan orchard
where his father once worked and the man running the place is willing to take a
chance on him.

Forman, Gayle. I Was Here
"In an attempt to understand why her best friend committed suicide, eighteen-
year-old Cody Reynolds retraces her dead friend's footsteps and makes some
startling discoveries."
E-book

Giles, Lamar. Spin
"When a rising star of the local music scene is found dead, her two friends Kya--
her pre-fame best friend--and Fuse--her chief groupie--must team together to find
out who murdered her."
E-book I Audio-book

Goodman, Jessica. They Wish They Were Us
"At an exclusive prep school on Long Island, Jill Newman looks forward to her
senior year as a member of the school's most elite clique, the Players, until new
evidence surfaces about the murder of her close friend Shaila."
E-book

Green, John. Paper Towns
"One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q"
Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and
exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor, and classmate takes him on a
midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears."
E-book I Audio-book

Hiaasen, Carl. Skink No Surrender
"With the help of an eccentric ex-governor, a teenaged boy searches for his
missing cousin in the Florida wilds."
E-book

Jackson, Tiffany D. Let Me Hear a Rhyme
“After their friend Steph is murdered, Quadir, Jarrell, and Steph's sister Jasmine
promote his music under a new rap name, the Architect, but when his demo
catches a music label rep's attention, the trio must prove his talent from beyond
the grave.”
E-book I Audio-book
Jackson, Tiffany D. Monday's Not Coming
Claudia and Monday are best friends who are inseparable. When Claudia returns
home after a summer away, she can't get in touch with Monday who also doesn't
show up at school. Nobody seems to know where Monday is and what’s more,
everybody but Claudia seems to be giving up on finding her.
E-book I Audio-book
Johnson, Maureen. Truly Devious
Aspiring detective and true-crime enthusiast Stevie Bell is thrilled to be attending
Ellingham Academy. The school is home to an unsolved crime when the wife and
daughter of its founder went missing - the only clue a riddled letter signed Truly
Devious. Stevie hopes to solve the case, but new mysteries seem to unfold.
E-book I Audio-book

Lockhart, E. We Were Liars
"Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of
Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged
Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer."
E-book I Audio-book

Loutzenhiser, Katy. If You're Out There
“Zan is baffled when her best friend, Priya, stops answering her emails after
moving to California, but new friend Logan presents the disturbing possibility that
Priya cannot answer.”
E-book I Audio-book

McFall, Claire. The Last Witness
"While on a camping trip to an isolated beach on the Scottish coast, Heather's
friends suffer the wrath of a malevolent spirit, and a year later, Heather remains
imprisoned in a facility, refusing to admit guilt."
E-book

McManus, Karen M. One of Us is Lying
"When the creator of a high school gossip app mysteriously dies in front of four
high-profile students all four become suspects. It's up to them to solve the case."
E-book I Audio-book

McManus, Karen M. Two Can Keep A Secret
"While true-crime afficionado Ellery and her twin brother are staying with their
grandmother in a Vermont community known for murder, a new friend goes
missing and Ellery may be next."
E-book I Audio-book

Oliver, Lauren. Broken Things
"Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend after becoming obsessed
and delusional over a novel, but on the anniversary of their friend's death a
discovery pulls them back together to find out what actually happened that night."
E-book I Audio-book

Power, Rory. Wilder Girls
"Friends Hetty, Byatt, and Reece go to extremes trying to uncover the dark truth
about the mysterious disease that has had them quarantined at their boarding
school on a Maine island."
E-book I Audio-book

Roehrig, Caleb. Last Seen Leaving
"Flynn's girlfriend is missing, and people are suspecting him of knowing
something, so he struggles to uncover her secrets as he must also face the truth
about himself."

Sedoti, Chelsea. The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
“When popular Lizzie Lovett goes missing, seventeen-year-old Hawthorne, a
lonely misfit, finds herself becoming obsessed with solving the mystery.”
E-book I Audio-book

Sepetys, Ruta. Out of Easy
"Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving
to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she
becomes entangled in a murder investigation."
E-book

Summers, Courtney. Sadie
"Told from the alternating perspectives of nineteen-year-old Sadie who runs away
from her isolated small Colorado town to find her younger sister's killer, and a true
crime podcast exploring Sadie's disappearance."
E-book I Audio-book

Thomas, Kara. The Cheerleaders
"The surviving sister of a cheerleader who was one of five girls who died violently
years earlier realizes during a memory-laden memorial that the tragedies may
have been more sinister."
E-book I Audio-book

Urban, Diana. All Your Twisted Secrets
"Invited to a school scholarship dinner, a queen bee, a star athlete, a
valedictorian, a stoner, a misfit and a music geek find themselves trapped in a
room where one of them must die to save the lives of the others."
E-book I Audio-book

Wynne-Jones, Tim. The Starlight Claim
“After losing his best friend in a boating accident, Nate decides to go on a journey
by himself to his family's remote cabin, but when he finds the cabin occupied by
escaped inmates, he must depend on his skills to survive.”
E-book

Zappia, Francesca. Now Entering Addamsville
"Zora Novak is framed for a crime she didn't commit--in a town obsessed with
ghosts, will she be able to find the culprit and clear her name before it's too late?"
E-book

  Book descriptions in quotes are taken directly from
     the library catalog or the database Novelist.
 Those without were written by the compiler of this list.

 This list was compiled July 2020 and updated October 2020
        by UPL Teen Services Librarian Amanda Borgia