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The Beekeeper’s Apprenticeby Laurie R. King

In the early years of World War I, Sherlock Holmes takes on a new apprentice, fifteen-year-old American prodigy Mary Russell.

The Christopher Killer by Alane Ferguson

On the payroll as an assistant to her coroner father, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to catch the killer of a friend while putting herself in terrible danger.

Cover-Upby John FeinsteinMore than 95 million fans will be watching the Super Bowl, but Steve Thomas and Susan Carol Anderson know that what they'll be watching is a lie. They know the entire offensive line of the California Dreams has failed their doping tests and that the Dreams' owner is trying to cover up the test results. These two teens are sitting on the biggest sports scandal of the decade. What they don't know -yet - is how to prove it.

The Divinersby Libba Bray

Seventeen-year-old Evie O'Neill is thrilled when she is exiled from small-town Ohio to New York City in 1926, even when a rash of occult-based murders thrusts Evie and her uncle—curator of the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult—into the thick of the investigation.

The Dying Groundby Michelle D. Tramble

Maceo Redfield, on a break from college, walks a fine line between respectability and involvement in the Oakland, California drug underworld.

Elixirby Hilary DuffClea Raymond, the daughter of a renowned surgeon and a prominent Washington DC politician, has grown to be a talented photojournalist who travels to the most exotic parts of the world. But after Clea’s father disappears while on a humanitarian mission, Clea’s photos begin to feature eerie, shadowy images of a strange and beautiful man—a man she has never seen before.

Freaks Like Usby Susan Vaught

A mentally ill teenager who rides the "short bus" to school investigates the sudden disappearance of his best friend.

The Lock Artistby Steve Hamilton

After surviving an act of violence as a child, Michael stops talking and grows up with the ability to open any lock or safe, a talent he sells to any buyer in the crime world. Then a botched heist forces him to go home to face the secret that has kept him so quiet.

The Midnight Dressby Karen Foxlee

Rose, nearly sixteen, is used to traveling around with her alcoholic father but connects with the people of a small, coastal Australian town, especially classmate Pearl and reclusive Edie, who teaches her to sew a magical dress for the Harvest Festival. All the while a mystery unfolds around them.

Neverwhereby Neil Gaiman

Richard Mayhew, a plain man with a good heart and an ordinary life, is changed forever on a day he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk.

Out of the Easyby Ruta SepetysIt’s 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, Josie Moraine, 17, is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the daughter of a brothel prostitute, Josie wants more out of life than the Big Easy has to offer. She devises a plan get out, but a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie tangled in an investigation that will challenge her allegiance to her mother, her conscience, and Willie Woodley, the brusque madam on Conti Street.

Picture Me Goneby Meg RosoffTwelve-year-old Mila travels with her father to upstate New York to visit friends and family who may lead them to clues to the whereabouts of her father's best friend who has gone missing.

She Said/She Sawby Norah McClintock

When Tegan's two best friends are gunned down in front of her, nobody believes her when she says she didn't see who did it and she doesn't know why.

The Vanishing of Katharina Lindenby Helen Grant

Reviled in her German village home where her only friends are a fellow outcast and an elderly storyteller, eleven-year-old Pia investigates the disappearances of three local girls whom she believes are tied to unsolved missing persons cases from decades earlier.

The White Tigerby Aravind AdigaSet in a raw and unromanticized India, The White Tiger—the first-person confession of a murderer—is as compelling for its subject matter as it is for the voice of its narrator: amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing.

The Homeland Directiveby Robert Venditti

When Dr. Laura Regan, head of the National Center for Infectious Disease, is framed for her research partner's death, she teams up with rogue federal agents to expose the sinister plot that will impact the lives of every American.

Newes from the Deadby Mary Hooper

In 1650, while Robert, a young medical student, steels himself to assist with her dissection, twenty-two-year-old housemaid Anne Green recalls her life as she lies in her coffin, presumed dead after being hanged for murdering her child that was, in fact, stillborn.

Revolverby Marcus Sedgwick

In 1910, 14-year-old Sig is alone with a corpse: his father, who has fallen through the ice and frozen to death. But a stranger comes, claiming that Sig's father owes him a share of stolen gold, and his only protection is a hidden loaded Colt revolver.

Code Name Verityby Elizabeth Wein

It is 1943, and a British fighter pilot has crashed in Nazi-occupied France. Verity (her code name) tells what she has to do to survive while keeping her secrets from the enemy.

Paper Townsby John Green

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.

Mind Gamesby Scott WesterfeldSeventeen-year-old sisters Fia and Annie are trapped in a school that uses young female psychics as corporate espionage tools, and they are forced to play a deadly game in order to save their lives.

Seraphinaby Rachel Hartman

In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce, Seraphina, an orphan, struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents while negotiating magical secrets and royal scandals.

Jellicoe Roadby Melina Marchetta

Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.

A Northern Lightby Jennifer Donnelly

In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiancé, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. (Based on a true story.)

I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill Youby Ally Carter

While in training at a school for exceptional girls and future spies, Cammie Morgan falls in love with the most ordinary guy.

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Created by Library aide Kassy Mercado. Book summaries are adapted from www.perma-bound.com and www.goodreads.com.