Lots of great teen mysteries are out there waiting to be discovered - and solved. MS=Books for middle school readers
Clever Creatures of the Night
When Case’s friend Drea invites her to her house before they go off to college, Case arrives to find Drea is gone, her roommates don’t want to talk and Case has only one night to figure out what has happened to her missing friend before she might disappear as well.
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View Clever Creatures of the NightThe Many Half-lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
30 years ago, an 18-year-old named Billy died in Astoria, Oregon. Now Sam and their dad have moved into Billy's old house, and Sam suspects they're being haunted by his ghost.
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View The Many Half-lived Lives of Sam SylvesterA Long Stretch of Bad Days
Needing just a few credits to graduate, Lydia and Bristal focus on solving an unsolved murder mystery from 1994, but someone is willing to harm them to keep them from revealing the secrets of the past.
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View A Long Stretch of Bad DaysFour Letter Word
To help Izzy get ready for her year abroad, her family hosts Alberto, a handsome young Italian, to help her with her language skills. Alberto’s hot temper, bad accent, and appearance at the same time as a sudden spate of murders in their town makes Izzy think she may have a murderer in their home.
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View Four Letter WordAfter You Vanished
Teddy’s Olympic-level swimmer sister disappeared one year ago while swimming in a lake at midnight, and Teddy is determined to find the truth, since her body was never found, and her passport went missing too.
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View After You VanishedAt the Speed of Lies
Quinn reluctantly agrees to help Cade, a bully, with his new project to help find missing kids, and her social media accounts go viral, but the authorities don’t seem that interested in finding the kids.
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View At the Speed of LiesSix Truths and A Lie
When an oil rig explodes and is determined to be a terrorist attack, six Muslim teens are picked up as suspects, and pressured by everyone to inform on each other to secure their freedom. Can they trust each other, or will one of them crack?
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No one gave much thought to Todd Mayer, until he was found dead, naked, and frozen in a public park. When Georgia learns about his murder, she feels a sense of connection to Todd as a fellow queer teen and tries to piece together what happened.
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View ColdBianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything
Bianca has a long, numbered list of fears, but when they witness a neighbor’s murder, they must ask for help from her friend, talk with the beautiful girl they have a crush on, and face the murderer himself.
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View Bianca Torre Is Afraid of EverythingHow to Find A Missing Girl
Iris’s sister disappeared a year ago, and the police think she just ran away from their alcoholic mother, but when Iris’s ex-girlfriend disappears after dropping a podcast episode about the case, Iris and her two best friends must look again, without help from the police.
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