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The Thing About Jellyfish
by Ali Benjamin
What it's about: Twelve-year-old Suzy Swanson wades through her intense grief over the loss of her best friend by investigating the rare jellyfish she is convinced was responsible for her friend's death.
Want more?: You May also like A Heart In A Body In The World by Deb Caletti, it's another tale of personal healing after great loss.
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| The Missing Season by Gillian FrenchWelcome to: Pender, Maine, where legend has it that a monster known as the Mumbler steals kids on Halloween.
What happens: Newcomer Clara doesn’t believe in the Mumbler, but the missing kids are real enough, and as Halloween approaches and her new friends’ prank war intensifies, Clara can’t ignore the creeping suspicion that she’s in danger. |
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Hot Dog Girl
by Jennifer Dugan
What it's about: Determined to have an epic summer, Lou takes a job as a dancing hot dog at Magic Castle Playland and is disappointed when her best friend Seeley, the carousel operator, is less than enthusiastic about helping her steal her crush from another girl.
You may also like: Wesley James Ruined My Life by Jennifer Honeybourn
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Light Years
by Kass Morgan
What it's about: After centuries of exclusivity, the Quatra Fleet Academy finally accepts students from the settler planets, forcing four teenagers from different backgrounds, with different ambitions, motives, and missions, to work together to outmaneuver a mysterious alien enemy.
You may also like: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, another tale of interplanetary survival.
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Ghosts of The Shadow Market
by Cassandra Clare
What it's about: A Shadowhunters companion to the best-selling Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series includes short stories about Anna Lightwood's doomed romance, Matthew Fairchild's great sin and Valentine Morgenstern's soul purchase.
Want more?: Explore the original series! Both are available at the Independence Public Library.
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For Fans of Karen M. McManus
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| Time Bomb by Joelle CharbonneauWhat it's about: A bombing at their high school leaves students Frankie, Rashid, Tad, Z, Diana, and Cas trapped together, dependent on each other to survive but all too aware that any of them could be the bomber.
Read it for: multiple perspectives, shifting alliances, and steadily building suspense.
Reviewers say: "a powerful page-turner that doesn’t let up until its explosive finale" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Night She Disappeared by April HenryWhat it’s about: After Kayla, Gabie’s co-worker at Pete’s Pizza, goes missing during a delivery, Gabie is just as shocked and mystified as the police seem to be…until she realizes that she might have been the intended victim.
Why you might like it: layers of intrigue and multiple perspectives -- including the kidnapper’s -- will keep you on the edge of your seat all the way through this thriller from the author of Girl, Stolen. |
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| Truly Devious by Maureen JohnsonWhat it's about: Sixteen-year-old true crime enthusiast Stevie Bell arrives at Ellingham Academy (an unusual school for exceptional students) with one goal: to solve a kidnapping that took place there in 1936. Cracking the cold case proves complicated, however, when a present-day murderer begins targeting Ellingham students.
Series alert: Hold on tight and prepare for some cliffhangers in this atmospheric, multilayered mystery: Truly Devious is just the 1st in a trilogy. |
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| People Like Us by Dana MeleThe setting: Bates Academy, an elite prep school where Kay Donovan has reinvented herself as a popular soccer star, leaving her shady past behind.
The set-up: Kay’s past catches up to her, however, when a murdered classmate leaves behind a digital scavenger hunt that forces Kay to expose her new friends’ darkest secrets...or else have her own secrets revealed. |
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The Last Voyage of Poe Blythe
by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
What it's about: A teen captain of her Outpost's last mining ship targets a band of thieving river raiders before the activities of an unknown traitor make her question how far she is willing to go for revenge.
Want more?: You may also like The Matched Trilogy, also by this author.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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