Showing 1–24 of 24 books
- List: Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
- Theme: Mysteries: Murder, Mayhem, and Other Adventures
- Award year: 2015
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The Agency: A Spy in the House
A house thief is spared the gallows when she's groomed to be a spy in this Victorian history mystery.
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The Archived
When the Archive is compromised from within, 16-year-old Mackenzie Bishop must use her skills as a Keeper to identify the traitor and prevent violent Histories from escaping into the world.
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Blackfin Sky
Presumed dead, Skylar will have to use strange dreams, the past and present to solve the mystery of her existence.
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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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Born of Illusion
Budding magician hides the fact that she possesses magnificent powers from her mother.
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The Butterfly Clues
An obsessive-compulsive teen uncovers the secret behind her brother's tragic death.
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The Caged Graves
When Verity Boone returns to her hometown in 1867, nothing is as it seems, especially the cage around her mother's grave.
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Clarity
When a teenage girl is found murdered, Clare's cheating ex-boyfriend wants her to help solve the case.
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Clockwork Scarab
If Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes don't figure out why London's finest 16-year-old women are in danger, they'll become the next victims.
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The Dark Unwinding
Katherine discovers her uncle is a genius with childlike tendencies when she is sent to commit him to an asylum.
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Death Cloud: The Legend Begins
A teenage Sherlock Holmes uncovers a plot against the British Empire while staying with relatives in Hampshire.
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Etiquette & Espionage
Sophronia discovers her finishing school teaches more than just proper decorum.
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Fire and Hemlock
Polly must uncover the secrets in her memory, or her true love — and perhaps Polly herself — will be lost.
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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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In the Shadow of Blackbirds
In San Diego in 1918, as deadly influenza and World War I take their toll, sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches desperate mourners flock to séances and spirit photographers for comfort and, despite her scientific leanings, must consider if ghosts are real when her first love, killed in battle, returns.
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Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase
In order to redeem their tarnished name, the Lockwood & Co agency must spend the night in the most haunted house in England.
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Midwinterblood
Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined.
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The Night She Disappeared
After one of their friends goes missing from the pizza place where they all work, Gabie and Drew find out the stalker took the wrong person, and one of them may be next.
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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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Shift
Best friends celebrate their high school graduation by riding their bikes to the west coast, but only one of them makes it.
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The Space Between Trees
Story of a young girl who deals with the death of a classmate and her journey to find the killer.
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Strings Attached
Kit is caught in a mix of love, mystery, Broadway glamour, and mob retribution in 1950 New York.
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A Study in Scarlet: A Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel
A man's body is found in an empty room and the only clue is a name partly written in blood on the wall.
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White Cat
Cassel, a magical con artist, uncovers a conspiracy when people around him begin to lose their memories.