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| Behind
the Curtain |
Abrahams,
Peter |
Troubled
by her football-player brother's new strength and
aggression, eighth-grader Ingrid searches for answers
and discovers a town-wide scandal. |
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| Dead
Connection |
Price,
Charlie |
Multiple
voices, many belonging to adults, narrate this edgy
extrasensory mystery, which centers on a missing
cheerleader and a high school student who can hear the
dead speak. |
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| Drawing
a Blank; or, How I Tried to Solve a Myster, End a
Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams |
Ehrenhaft,
Daniel |
An inventive blend of
mystery, adventure, and teen angst, Ehrenhaft's novel
about a boy's search for his kidnapped father
intersperses high schooler Carlton's narrative with
episodes from the superhero comic strip he draws. |
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| Firehouse |
Wilson, Diane
Lee |
In 1872 Boston, 15-year-old
Rachel, an aspiring veterinarian, helps a firehouse
horse recover from burns while the city searches for
the cause of widespread, mysterious fires. |
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| Kiki
Strike: Inside the Shadow City |
Miller,
Kirsten |
Led by leprechaun-size Kiki
Strike, a team of precocious 12-year-old girls
descends to a fantastical Manhattan underworld and
attempts to outwit a terrorist plot again New York
City. |
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| The
Falconer's Knot |
Hoffman, Mary |
Set in the palazzos and
friaries of fourteenth-century Italy, Hoffman's
detailed, exciting murder mystery includes romantic
intrigues and empowering twists for the female
characters. |
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| The
Rules of Survival |
Werlin, Nancy |
Werlin reinforces her
reputation as a master of the YA thriller with this
haunting portrayal of three children who weather their
mother's abuse and seek help from a man with his own
violent secrets. |
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| Trigger |
Vaught, Susan |
Informed that he caused his
own brain injury but unable to remember the incident,
17-year-old Jersey tries to solve his own mystery.
Vaught's taught, original story will provoke
thought about action, consequences, and redemption. |
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