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2018-2019 YA Winter Reading Mysteries
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Anya's ghost
by Vera Brosgol
Anya, embarrassed by her Russian immigrant family and self-conscious about her body, has given up on fitting in at school, but when she falls down a well and makes friends with the ghost there, she thinks she's found just what she needs--or has she?
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The Naturals
by Jennifer Barnes
Possessing an almost supernatural sense of intuition that helps her read people and places, 17-year-old Cassie is recruited by the FBI to help solve infamous cold cases and is sent to live with equally talented teens comprising an elite group of criminal profilers who will have to use all their gifts in order to survive when a new killer strikes. .
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Ghostopolis
by Doug TenNapel
Accidentally transported to the spirit world by a washed-out ghost wrangler, Garth Hale discovers that he wields unique powers aggressively coveted by the spirits around him and teams up with his grandfather's ghost to find a way back home..
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Heist society
by Ally Carter
When Katarina's father, the patriarch of a thieving family, is the only suspect in the theft of a mobster's art collection, Kat must re-enter "the life" and steal back the paintings with her teenage crew before the Mafia catches up with her dad.
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All summer long
by Hope Larson
When her best friend, Austin, goes to soccer camp over the summer, thirteen-year-pld Bina finds an unlikely companion in Austin's older sister, Charlie.
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Etiquette & espionage
by Gail Carriger
In an alternate England of 1851, spirited 14-year-old Sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is surprised to learn, lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit and espionage.
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A study in Charlotte
by Brittany Cavallaro
Rival teens Charlotte and Jamie, descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, investigate the mystery of why they are being framed for murder at their American boarding school.
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This is our story
by Ashley Elston
When a hunting accident claims a boy's life, his best friends all come under suspicion.
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Fake ID
by L. R. Giles
When his petty criminal father's activities land the family in the Witness Protection Program, Nick is forced to assume a new identity in a different community where he ruminates on the conspiracy his friend died trying to uncover.
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Girl, stolen
by April Henry
When an impulsive carjacking turns into a kidnapping, Griffin, a high school dropout, finds himself more in sympathy with his wealthy, blind victim, sixteen-year-old Cheyenne, than with his greedy father.
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Stormbreaker
by Anthony Horowitz
After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
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Monday's not coming
by Tiffany D. Jackson
Knowing when her best friend stops showing up at school that something is terribly wrong, Claudia, who depends heavily on her friend to defend her from bullies and help her navigate the toughest time in her life, is baffled when nobody around her seems to remember the last time they saw her friend.
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Truly Devious
by Maureen Johnson
A first entry in a new series by the best-selling author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes introduces sharp and funny detective Stevie Bell, whose first year at an elite boarding school finds her unraveling two mysteries, including one from the school's past and one in the present.
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We were liars
by E Lockhart
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.
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I hunt killers
by Barry Lyga
Jazz learned all about being a serial killer from his father, but believes he has a conscience that will help fight his own urges and right some of his father's wrongs, so he helps the police apprehend the town's newest murderer.
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Allegedly : a novel
by Tiffany D. Jackson
Relocated to a violent group home after enduring years in prison for allegedly killing a white baby, black teen Mary B. Addison falls in love with a fellow resident and becomes pregnant before finding the courage to set the record straight about what really happened.
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The name of the star
by Maureen Johnson
Rory, of Bénouville, Louisiana, is spending a year at a London boarding school when she witnesses a murder by a Jack the Ripper copycat and becomes involved with the very unusual investigation.
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Genuine fraud
by E Lockhart
A novel of psychological suspense by the best-selling author of We Were Liars follows the experiences of a diabolically intelligent girl who repeatedly reinvents herself in an effort to secure a charmed existence.
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One of us is lying
by Karen M. McManus
When one of five students in detention is found dead, his high-profile classmates—including a brainy intellectual, a popular beauty, a drug dealer on probation and an all-star athlete—are investigated and revealed to be the subjects of the victim's latest gossip postings.
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Ten
by Gretchen McNeil
An edge-of-your-seat thriller loosely inspired by Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None finds best friends Meg and Minnie planning what they believe will be a luxury weekend of bonding and pursuing a cute boy at a house party on exclusive Henry Island, but once there, the guests receive sinister messages before they are systematically murdered.
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There's someone inside your house
by Stephanie Perkins
When incrementally more violent attacks overshadow life at Osborne High, an intense hunt for the killer leads to the revelation of astonishing secrets.
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Jackaby
by William Ritter
Newly arrived in 1892 New England, Abigail Rook becomes assistant to R.F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with the ability to see supernatural beings, and she helps him delve into a case of serial murder which, Jackaby is convinced, is due to a nonhuman creature.
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Out of the Easy
by Ruta Sepetys
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.
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Thornhill
by Pam Smy
"Parallel plotlines set in different times, one told in text and one in art, inform each other as a young girl unravels the mystery of a ghost next door."
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Liars, Inc.
by Paula Stokes
Seventeen-year-old Max; his girlfriend, Parvati; and his best friend, Pres, form Liars, Inc., expecting that forging notes and lying for their peers will lead to easy cash, but when Pres asks Max to cover for him, it may be a fatal mistake.
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The dark descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
by Kiersten White
A dark reimagining of Shelley's classic is told from the point of view of Elizabeth, Victor Frankenstein's adopted sister, who as they enter adulthood is challenged to manage her brother's dangerous temper and inclination to pursue depraved experiments.
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I am the messenger
by Markus Zusak
The dull and drab life of Ed, an underage cab driver with a coffee-addicted dog, takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally stops a bank robbery and finds himself being placed in charge of watching out for the entire town per a visit from the mysterious Ace.
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