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Teen Thrillers and Mysteries for the Adrenaline Junkie
Tired of predictable endings? In need of a gripping novel to read? Want to be captivated until the very end? Then pick up these quick reads that are sure to make your knuckles turn white, if not your hair!
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| Cormier, Robert. I Am The Cheese |
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A tragic event happened to Adam that caused him to lose all of his memories. Now he's trying to unlock the secrets of his past but what he doesn't realize is that if he does, he could die. |
| Cormier, Robert. The Rag and Bone Shop |
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In the woods near her home, a seven-year-old girl's lifeless body is found. Jason Dorrant stands accused of the grizzly murder. The case is high profile and everyone wants an answer. The evidence is solid, but circumstantial. So, an expert interrogator is called in to produce a confession. Can the accused stand up to the pressure? |
| Griffin, Adele. Amandine |
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Being a new student is tough, just ask Delia Blaine. Delia is desperate for friendship until Amandine traps her in her web. Amandine turns out to be the jealous and possessive type, forbidding Delia to have other friends. Eventually, Delia can't take it anymore and decides to break off their friendship. When Amandine pledges revenge, Delia soon discovers that she's in over her head. |
| Horowitz, Anthony Stormbreaker |
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Alex thinks he's just a normal fourteen-year-old. He lives with his uncle, goes to school, hangs out with his friends. But, when his uncle dies and his mysterious "business dealings" are revealed, Alex is no longer a normal kid. He becomes Alex Rider-- teenage spy!
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| Giles, Gail Shattering Glass |
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King of Popularity, Rob Haynes, decides to play a practical joke on class geek, Simon Glass. Haynes' plan is to remake Glass into a stud and then revoke his newfound popularity, leaving him broken and humilated. But Glass has a plan of his own. |
| Halam, Ann Dr. Franklin's Island |
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Three people made it out of the plane crash alive only to be captured and imprisoned by Dr. Franklin. Unwilling subjects, the three are injected with animal genes as the deranged scientist tries to create a breed of super-humans that can morph from creature to human at will. |
| McDonald, Joyce Shades of Simon Gray |
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A strange curse has befallen the small New Jersey town of Bellehaven. Crows are massacred. Weather extremes become the norm. Several residents come down with West Nile virus. And as Simon Gray hovers between life and death in a coma, a man, who was hanged in Bellehaven over 200 years ago, visits him. Does this supernatural visitor hold the key to the apocalyptic events plaguing this quiet town? |
| Nickerson, Sara How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found |
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Despite being a champion swimmmer, Margaret's father drowned three years ago. While her mother has been acting strange ever since, Margaret is puzzled when she drives the family to a spooky abandoned mansion and places a For Sale sign in the front yard. Inside the mansion, Margaret finds a package containing her Dad's swimming medal, a bizarre comic book and a rusty key. Margaret hopes these items will help her get to the bottom of her father's mysterious death. |
| Westerfeld, Scott So Yesterday |
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Have you ever wondered who decides what's cool? How do trendsetters discover the latest fashion craze or the hottest electronic gadgets? Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque, a paid trendsetter, finds himself at the center of a mystery perpetrated by a secret group taking aim at corporate consumerism in this satirical novel. |
| Westerfeld, Scott Midnighters: The Secret Hour |
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Those born at the strike of midnight, known as "midnighters," are granted a special gift - the ability to inhabit a secret twenty-fifth hour of the day. During this secret hour, time stands still for everyone but them and the evil darklings that reside in the shadows waiting to devour any human that crosses its path. Each midnighter is able to battle the darklings with a unique power: seer, mindcaster, acrobat and polymath. But their powers are not enough to destroy the darklings completely. When a new midnighter moves to town, bringing a power like no other, the darklings make her demise priority number one. |
| Wittlinger, Ellen Long Night of Leo and Bree |
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Leo is frustrated his mother will not stop screaming at him. Ever since his sister's brutal murder Leo's home life is a wreck. To make matters worse, it's the 4th anniversary of the crime and Leo is at his wit's end. He decides to go for a drive to relax. He spots a girl walking the streets in a seedy part of town and he wonders why she should be allowed to live when his sister is dead. Suddenly, his anger turns to rage and he decides to take her hostage. |
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