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1) Dark places
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
For a price Libby Day will reconnect with the players that murdered her mother and two sisters in "The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas." Having testified that her brother Ben was the murderer on that fateful night twenty-five years ago, now she is not so sure as, piece by piece, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started--on the run from a killer.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 348 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet. On May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two twelve-year-old girls attempted to stab their classmate to death. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier's violence was extreme, but what seemed even more frightening was that they committed their crime under...
Author
Series
The mortal instruments volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Suddenly able to see demons and the Shadowhunters who are dedicated to returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is drawn into this bizarre world when her mother disappears and Clary herself is almost killed by a monster.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In the small city of Strattenburg there are many lawyers, and thirteen-year-old Theo Boone thinks he is one of them, but his inside knowledge of the justice system means trouble when a cold-blooded killer is about to go free and only Theo can stop him.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In September of 2019, Luis Alberto Quiñonez-known as Sito- was shot to death as he sat in his car in the Mission District of San Francisco. He was nineteen. His killer, Julius Williams, was seventeen. It was the second time the teens had encountered one another. The first, five years before, also ended in tragedy, when Julius watched as his brother was stabbed to death by an acquaintance of Sito's. The two murders merited a few local news stories,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In the heart of Trenton, N.J., a killer is out to make sure someone gets his just desserts. Larry Virgil skipped out on his latest court date after he was arrested for hijacking an eighteen-wheeler full of premium bourbon. Fortunately for bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, Larry is just stupid enough to attempt almost the exact same crime again. Only this time he flees the scene, leaving behind a freezer truck loaded with Bogart ice cream and a dead...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
After being hospitalized for insisting that her mother was murdered, not killed in an accidental fire, Grace goes to live with her grandfather for a fresh start, but when she sees her mothers murderer again, her past comes back to haunt her.
Author
Series
Rayne Tour volume 1
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
221 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a frightening murder occurs after one of her famous mother's rock concerts, sixteen-year-old Shaley tries to help the police find the killer and to determine whether her long-lost father has some connection to the crime.
Author
Series
Moon Base Alpha volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
While living on a moon base with fellow lunarnauts, Dashiell Gibson investigates the murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Detectives' Row is full of talented investigators, but Toby Montrose isn't one of them. He's only an assistant at his uncle's detective agency, and he's not sure he's even very good at that. Toby's friend Ivy is the best sleuth around -- or at least she thinks so. They both see their chance to prove themselves when the famed Hugh Abernathy announces a contest to choose the World's Greatest Detective. But when what was supposed to be a game turns into...
11) The caged graves
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Returning to her hometown of Catawissa, Pennsylvania, in 1867 to marry a man she has never met, seventeen-year-old Verity Boone gets caught up in the a mystery surrounding the graves of her mother and aunt and a dangerous hunt for Revolutionary-era gold.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theo's quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial. But now that Duffy knows who he is, Theo is in greater danger than he's ever been in before. Even when everything is on the line, Theodore Boone will stop at nothing to make sure a killer is brought to justice.
13) Clarity
Author
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
246 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Clare Fern, a member of a family of psychics, helps the mayor and a skeptical detective solve a murder in a Cape Cod town during the height of tourist season--with her brother a prime suspect.
14) See how they run
Author
Series
Embassy Row volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Desperate to find out the truth about her mother's murder, Grace has made herself a target and must be very careful which secrets she reveals.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Join world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his ever-loyal sidekick Dr. Watson as they embark on a daring adventure. The Baskerville family of Dartmoor live under an appalling curse. They are haunted by a monstrous hound that has sent many of them to an early grave. Can our legendary sleuth save Sir Henry Baskerville before the hound strikes again? This thrilling tale has been retold and adapted with new illustrations, making it perfect for younger...
Author
Series
Charlotte Holmes novel volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
321, 15 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson descendants, Charlotte and Jamie, students at a Connecticut boarding school, team up to solve a murder mystery.