Showing 1–44 of 44 books
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The Arsonist
Molly Mavity and Pepper Al-Yusef, each with troubles of their own, learn their lives are inextricably linked with that of Ava Dreyman, a young East German freedom fighter, when a series of mysterious messages challenges them to solve her decades-old murder.- Mystery, Thriller
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780803740716
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Beastly Bones
Abigail Rook and her boss, R. F. Jackaby, are once again recruited to solve a potential supernatural case involving mysterious dinosaur bones, a murder, a thief, and cuddly kittens.- Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9781616203542
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Between
Following a night of partying on her family's boat, Liz is awakened by a loud, thumping noise-- her body hitting the side of the boat.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780802721822
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The Book of Blood and Shadow
In one night, Nora's best friend is murdered and her boyfriend disappears. When she starts looking for answers, she finds cryptic clues that lead to more danger and, perhaps, the answers to much more than she bargained for.
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Chasing Shadows
Corey, Holly, and Savitri act as one until a random act of violence destroys their group. Holly and Savitri must find their own way to deal with the tragedy without becoming undone. -
The Cheerleaders
Five years after the deaths of five Sunnybook cheerleaders Monica, the sister of one of them, decides to look further into their deaths. She uncovers information that leads her to believe there is a deeper, darker truth to what happened. What really transpired all those years ago?- Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781524718329
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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
The mysterious illustrations introduced in Allsberg's 1984 collection, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, are reprinted and accompanied by equally haunting and mysterious stories crafted by some of today's top writers.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780547548104
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Complicit
After two years in juvenile detention, Jamie's sister Cate has been released, threatening the boy's sanity as he seeks the truth about their shared past.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781250044594
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Cryer's Cross
When two classmates disappear without explanation, Kendall knows that she is the only one who can find them.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2012
- ISBN: 9781416994817
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Game
Jazz, the son of the world's most notorious serial killer, uses the skills he learned from Dear Old Dad to help track down a killer again.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9780316125871
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The Hazel Wood
Alice and her mom Ella, receive news that Alice's grandmother, Althea, author of the gruesome Hinterland fairy tales, has died inside her estate, The Hazel Wood. When Ella is abducted from their home, Alice goes in search of The Hazel Wood and begins to wonder if Althea's twisted stories are real.- Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781250147905
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The House of One Thousand Eyes
When Lena's subversive uncle disappears without a trace in Communist East Berlin, she risks everything to find out what happened to him in this immersive historical mystery. Rife with well-crafted suspense and chilling period detail, this thrilling story will appeal to fans of dystopias and historical fiction alike.- Historical Fiction, Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781773210711
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I Hunt Killers
Jazz, the son of one of the most notorious of all serial killers, must come to terms with his upbringing by hunting down a new serial killer in his hometown.
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If You Find Me
Carey and Janessa have lived isolated in the woods for ten years, but when their father finds them they can no longer hide from their dark past.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9781250021526
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Jane, Unlimited
Jane accepts an invitation to a mysterious private mansion and finds a strange home full of art, secrets, spies, a quirky cast of characters, and more questions than answers. A seemingly innocuous choice divides Jane's story into five distinct but parallel narratives, each more bizarre than the last.- Mystery, Thriller
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780803741492
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Liar's Moon
Digger finds her magical skills useful when she is commissioned to solve the mystery behind the murder of her friend's wife. But can she do it without losing her heart?- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780545136082
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Lockdown
Reese wants out.
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Loud Awake and Lost
Ember is finally released from the hospital after an extended stay following her car accident. Her memories are still tangled up and she suffers from a traumatic brain injury, not to mention the emotional guilt of killing another teen in the accident.
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The Midnight Dress
Rose sews herself a dress so perfect that it might change her life forever. Told in lush prose and a vividly realized Queensland setting, this will mesmerize readers.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780375856457
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Monday's Not Coming
When Claudia's best friend Monday suddenly disappears without a trace, Claudia knows something is up and will not stop until she uncovers the possible horrifying truth.- Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780062422675
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The Murderer's Ape
Despite being a gorilla, Sally Jones is an excellent typist, and she uses her typewriter to tell the adventure of her attempts to exonerate best friend and sailor Henry Koskela, who was wrongfully imprisoned for murder after the two of them were caught in the middle of a smuggling operation.- Mystery, Thriller
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781101931752
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My Sister Rosa
Che and his 10-year-old sister Rosa are nearly inseparable. Is that because they move frequently with their parents? Or is it because Che is convinced Rosa is a psychopath and is terrified of what she will do if he isn't watching?- Mystery, Thriller
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781616956745
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The Name of the Star
Rory's arrival at a boarding school in London coincides with a series of Jack the Ripper-type murders, and only Rory can see the murderer.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780399256608
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The Naturals
The FBI wants Cassie to join a secret team of profilers and a serial killer wants her as his next victim.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9781423168232
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Orphan Monster Spy
After her mother's death, Jewish teen Sarah avoids capture by the SS thanks to a British spy named Captain Floyd. Jeremy obtains a false identity for Sarah and convinces her to help him infiltrate the home of one of Hitler's nuclear scientists, Hans Schafer, by befriending Schäfer's daughter.- Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780451478733
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Paper Valentine
Investigating a string of murders at the demand of her best friend's angry ghost, Hannah stumbles into a potential relationship with the local mysterious bad boy and into danger.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9781595145994
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Picture Me Gone
Can Mila's powers of observation help find her dad's missing friend? Rosoff delivers a subtle and incisive look at one perceptive 12-year-old.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780399257650
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Pretty Girl-13
Sixteen-year-old Angie finds herself in her neighborhood with no recollection of her abduction or the three years that have passed since, until alternate personalities start telling her their stories through letters and recordings.
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The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
While languishing in a juvenile detention center following an assault conviction, 17-year-old Minnow Bly relives the events that led to her imprisonment, including the mystery surrounding her cult leader's death and the loss of her hands.- Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2016
- ISBN: 9780803740709
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Sawkill Girls
Local legend warns evil lurks on Sawkill Rock where girls vanish without a trace. As the disappearances escalate, three girls stumble into an ancient crusade. Loss of a loved one joins newcomer Marion and outsider Zoey in a search for answers which lead them to beautiful Val and her secrets.- Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780062696601
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The Shadow Cipher
In an alternate present-day New York City, twins Tess and Theo Beidermann and their friend Jamie Cruz race to save their home from destruction. Can they solve the Old York Cipher, a mystery left behind by the Morningstar twins, geniuses whose city design was unrivaled in its technology and advancements?- Realistic Fiction, Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062306937
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She Is Not Invisible
Laureth, a blind teenager, impulsively decides to journey to America to look for her writer father, who has gone missing from their British home.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781596438019
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Shine
When Cat's friend is brutally beaten in a hate crime, Cat feels driven to find out the truth about the assault and the attackers.
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The Silence of Murder
An 18 year old, autistic boy has been put on trial for murder. Only one person thinks he's innocent. Did he do it? What really happened that night?- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780375968969
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The Sin Eater's Confession
In a small Wisconsin town, rumors about Jimmy and Ben ruin Ben's life and brutally end Jimmy's. Three years later, Ben decides to set the record straight.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780761356875
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Steeplejack
When the magnificent Beacon is stolen, white politicians seek the services of the best steeplejack in Bar-Selehm to shed light on the heist--and 17-year-old Ang Sutonga is drawn into intrigue, mired in cultural and racial tension, that goes far beyond the- Mystery, Thriller
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780765383426
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The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik
After being hypnotized after a party, Noah Oakman wakes up to his world turned subtly upside-down. From his best friend Alan's switch from DC to Marvel fan, to an unexplained scar on his mother's face, Noah must navigate his new life while still dealing with problems from his old one.- Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780425288863
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Strange the Dreamer
Lazlo Strange is an orphan raised by monks, and he's dedicated his life to learning. His favorite story is of Weep, the lost fairytale city that was literally removed from memory. This is the story of his search for the magical city.- Fantasy, Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018, Michael L. Printz Award 2018
- ISBN: 9780316341684
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A Study in Charlotte
In this reimagining of Sherlock Holmes, Charlotte Holmes is a distant relative of Sherlock and a high school student in America. James Watson, a distant relative of Dr. John Watson, is student at the same school, and Watson and Holmes eventually meet up t- Mystery, Thriller
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780062398901
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The Traitor and the Tunnel
Mary Lang cannot keep herself out of scrapes. Once again, she is thrown into the thick of a murder mystery. This time it involves both the British Royal Family and her own long-lost father. The clues bringer her closer to the truth, but deeper into trouble!- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780763653163
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Troublemakers
Amid an ongoing bomb threat in East London, Alena starts asking questions about her mother, who died when she was a baby. When her questions are met with frustrating silence and dead-ends everywhere she looks, she becomes determined to uncover the truth behind her mother's activist past.- Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781512475494
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Truly Devious
Murder mystery obsessed Stevie transfers to Ellingham Academy, a remote boarding school with its own unsolved crime that she intends to solve. But a tragic death on campus forces her to put all of her deductive power to work to discover if one of her classmates could be a murderer.- Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780062338051
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The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone
Sensationally popular 18year-old artist Addison Stone has died and this faux biography recounts her story in the form of interviews, photographs, and examples of her art.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781616953607
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We Were Liars
Suffering from serious injuries, Cadence doesn't remember much from the summer of her fifteenth year on Beechwood Island. Two years later, she returns to try to fill in the gaps.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780385741262