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Keeping You at the Edge of Your Seat
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The Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci
Everyone in his high school has a story to tell about Christopher Creed, but where is he?

The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
The Museum of Natural History receives a pilfered gem collection back, but it is ground to dust. To quell the PR nightmare, the museum decides to reopen the Tomb of Senef. But then the killings and talk of ancient curses return. FBI agent Pendergast is pitted against his brother Diogenes who stole the gems.

Boy Kills Man by Matt Whyman
Two thirteen-year-old boys, blood brothers and best friends, get drawn into a dangerous, violent world on the streets of a troubled Columbian city.

Crusader by Edward Bloor
After a violent virtual-reality game arrives at the mall arcade where she works, fifteen-year-old Roberta finds the courage to search out the person who murdered her mother.

Don't Look Behind You by Lois Duncan
April's actions put her family in jeopardy.

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she must adjust to her new surroundings and figure out how to "live."

Finding Lubchenko by Michael Simmons
When his father is framed for murder and bioterrorism, high-school junior Evan, using clues from a stolen laptop, travels from Seattle to Paris with two friends to find the real culprit.

Flight #116 is Down! by Caroline Cooney
Heidi and Patrick find the strength within themselves to be heroes.

Kiss Me Kill Me by Lauren Anderson
Longing to be part of the in-crowd at her exclusive London school, orphaned, sixteen-year-old Scarlett, a trained gymnast, eagerly accepts an invitation to a party whose disastrous outcome changes her life forever.

The Night I Disappeared by Julie Reece Deaver
Jaime has troubling gaps in her memory especially when she has "daydreams."

The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts.

The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London traveling to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister.

Rooftop by Paul Volponi
Still reeling from seeing police shoot his unarmed cousin to death on the roof of a New York City housing project, seventeen-year-old Clay is dragged into the whirlwind of political manipulation that follows.

Rucker Park Setup by Paul Volponi
While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.

The Samurai's Tale by Erik Christian Haugaard
In turbulent 16th century Japan, orphaned Taro is taken in by a general serving a great warlord and grows up to become a samurai fighting for the enemies of his dead family.

What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
After his younger brother commits suicide, Kyle Kirby decides to exact revenge on the person he holds responsible.

Zach's Lie by Roland Smith
Jack becomes Zach when his family is placed in the witness protection program, but Jack's father's "business partners" are still searching for them.

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