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The Friday Society
By Adrienne Kress. 2012
Cora, Nellie, and Michiko, teenaged assistants to three powerful men in Edwardian London, meet by chance at a ball that…
ends with the discovery of a murdered man, leading the three to work together to solve this and related crimes without drawing undue attention to themselves. For junior and senior high readers. Includes violence and strong language. 2012.The fault in our stars
By John Green. 2013
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis, until a chance meeting with a boy…
at a cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. For senior high readers. 2013.The hostile hospital (Series of unfortunate events. #8.)
By Lemony Snicket. 2003
On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans--Violet, Klaus, and Sunny--find themselves in Heimlich Hospital,…
with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit. Sequel to The Vile Village. Grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2001.The case for Jamie (Charlotte Holmes novel. #3.)
By Brittany Cavallaro. 2018
It's been a year since the shocking death of August Moriarty, and Jamie and Charlotte haven't spoken. Holmes and Watson…
may not be looking to reconcile, but when strange things start happening, it's clear that someone wants the team back together. Someone who has been quietly observing them both. Someone who wants to see one of them suffer and the other one dead. Sequel to "The last of August". For junior and senior high readers. 2018.The case of the gypsy goodbye (Enola Holmes mystery. #6)
By Nancy Springer. 2012
After fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes seeks the missing Duquessa Del Campo in the seedy underbelly of nineteenth-century London, she finally reaches…
an understanding with her brothers Sherlock and Mycroft. Grades 4-7. 2012.The case of the peculiar pink fan (Enola Holmes mystery.)
By Nancy Springer. 2009
The case of the left-handed lady (Enola Holmes mystery.)
By Nancy Springer. 2007
London, 1889. Eluding her brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola sets up her own detective agency in London under…
an assumed name. Using many disguises and costumes, Enola investigates the disappearance of sixteen-year-old Lady Cecily, who may have eloped. Junior High. 2007.The case of the missing marquess (Enola Holmes mystery.)
By Nancy Springer. 2006
England, 1888. When her sixty-four-year-old mother disappears on Enola’s fourteenth birthday, Enola sends telegrams to her much-older brothers Mycroft and…
Sherlock Holmes. After deciphering why her mother left, Enola escapes to London to search for her and becomes involved in a second mystery. Junior High. 2006.Soins intensifs (Enquête de Maud Graham. #6)
By Chrystine Brouillet. 2000
Un roman policier, médical et hospitalier dans lequel on retrouve la détective Maud Graham. L'oeuvre aborde les problèmes reliés au…
syndrome de Munchausen par procuration (des gens, pour diverses raisons, inventent des maladies à leur enfant). Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. Suite de "Les fiancées de l'enfer", suivi de "Indésirables". 2000.Taggerung (Redwall Abbey. #14.)
By Brian Jacques. 2003
A young otter, kidnapped in his infancy and raised as a warrior-thief by a band of vermin, leaves the tribe…
and goes off to seek adventures of his own. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "Lord Brocktree", followed by "Triss". Bestseller. 2003.Spirit seeker
By Joan Lowery Nixon. 1999
Shopgirl: A Novella
By Steve Martin. 2000
Artistic Mirabelle has an uninspiring job behind the glove counter at Neiman Marcus in Los Angeles, but what she really…
craves is love. Then smitten Seattle millionaire Ray Porter sends Mirabelle the gloves he purchased from her, beginning an unconventional relationship. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2000.Shadowmaker
By Joan Lowery Nixon. 2001
Katie Gillian and her mom, Eve, an investigative reporter, have moved to the small town of Kluney, Texas, so Eve…
can write a novel and escape the trouble they have had since Eve wrote a series of articles about toxic waste dumps. But trouble seems to follow Katie and her mom. They discover there is a toxic waste dump in Kluney, and two murders take place. Is there a connection? Junior and Senior High. 2001.Secret, silent screams
By Joan Lowery Nixon. 2000
Sammy Keyes and the skeleton man (Sammy Keyes mystery ; #2.)
By Wendelin Van Draanen. 1998
Halloween night turns out to be especially frightening for seventh grader Sammy and two girlfriends when a skeleton rushes by…
them near a creepy house. The front door opens, revealing a fire. Sammy puts it out and finds a tied-up masked man. Now Sammy has a mystery to investigate. Grades 5-8. c1998.Real murders (Aurora Teagarden mysteries. #1.)
By Charlaine Harris. 2009
Aurora "Roe" Teagarden and the members of the Real Murders Club meet monthly to analyze famous cases. But when a…
member dies in a manner resembling a case the group was discussing, suddenly everybody is both a suspect and a potential victim. Followed by "A bone to pick". 2009.Pax
By Sara Pennypacker. 2016
Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. One day, the unimaginable happens, Peter's…
dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's house, three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't where he should be, with Pax. He strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty, and grief, to be reunited with his fox. Meanwhile Pax, steadfastly waiting for his boy, embarks on adventures and discoveries of his own. Grades 4-7. Bestseller. 2016.Over the edge (Jennie McGrady Mystery. #9.)
By Patricia H Rushford. 1997
Jennie McGrady vacations at the beach, hoping to spend some time with her boyfriend, Ryan. But Ryan has more concern…
for his friend Todd, who has been accused in the murder of his girlfriend, Jessica Ames. Combing through the list of suspects, Jennie unearths some unsettling secrets about Jessica's father and family. Junior and Senior High. 1997.One Fifth Avenue
By Candace Bushnell. 2008
Social-climbing and famous tenants have trouble co-existing in a coveted Greenwich Village art-deco apartment building. As novelist Philip Oakland begins…
an affair with his new research assistant, famed actress and his former lover Schiffer Diamond returns home. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2008.No one else can have you (Kippy Bushman Ser.)
By Kathleen Hale. 2014
A quiet town like Friendship, Wisconsin, keeps most of its secrets buried . . . but when local teen Ruth…
Fried is found murdered in a cornfield, her best friend, Kippy Bushman, decides she must uncover the truth and catch the killer. But Kippy soon discovers, if you want to dig up the truth, your hands have to get a little dirty, don'tcha know. Senior High. c2014.