Jasper Jones
In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: interpersonal relations, secrets, murder [X], family problems, recluses, australia, secrecy, homicide, hermits, detective and mystery stories, dysfunctional families [X], mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, mystery fiction
Playing In Traffic
Shy and unremarkable, seventeen-year-old Matt Lathrop is surprised and flattered to find himself singled out for the sexual attentions of the alluring Skye Colbly, until he discovers the evil purpose behind her actions.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: family problems, interpersonal relations, parent and child, murder [X], high schools, schools, family life, parent-child relationship, homicide, school stories, family, dysfunctional families [X], families
Right Behind You
After spending over four years in a mental institution for murdering a friend in Alaska, fourteen-year-old Kip begins a completely new life in Indiana with his father and stepmother under a different name, but not only has trouble fitting in, he finds there are still problems to deal with from his childhood.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: psychotherapy, problem families, interpersonal relations, murder [X], identity (philosophical concept), alaska, indiana, dysfunctional families [X], identity (psychology)
Criminal
Eighteen-year-old Nikki's unconditional love for Dee helps her escape from her problems, but when he involves her in a murder Nikki winds up in prison, confronted with hard facts that challenge whether Dee ever loved her, and she can only save herself by telling the truth about Dee.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
subjects: love stories, murder [X], prisons, criminal investigation, family problems, dysfunctional families [X], love, homicide, family life, love stories
Ask The Dark
Billy Zeets has a story, and he wants to tell it. He is the neighborhood kid everyone suspects whenever there is a vandalism, theft, or bloodied nose.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: heroes and heroines, kidnapping, homicide, conduct of life, family problems, heroes, murder [X], dysfunctional families [X], mystery and detective stories, family life, mystery fiction, juvenile fiction / action & adventure / general, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, juvenile fiction / law & crime, juvenile fiction / boys & men, electronic books, mystery fiction, electronic books
Lizzie
"A modern-day reimagining of the story of Lizzie Borden, casting her as a shy seventeen-year-old whose blackouts become worse after her father and stepmother try to prevent her from studying to be a chef"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year:
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dysfunctional families [X], mental illness, child abuse, stepmothers, bed and breakfast accommodations, murder [X], family problems, massachusetts
This Is My America
While writing letters to Innocence X, a justice-seeking project, asking them to help her father, an innocent black man on death row, teenaged Tracy takes on another case when her brother is accused of killing his white girlfriend.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 54
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
subjects: racism, administration of criminal justice, african americans, race relations, prisoners, homicide, family life, judicial error, murder [X], dysfunctional families [X], family problems, large print books
Last Girl Breathing
When the answers to a present-day murder lie in the past, seventeen-year-old Lucy must examine a tragic event to prevent more lives from being lost.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder [X], missing persons, dysfunctional families [X], detective and mystery stories, family problems, mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction)
Wander In The Dark
Two brothers must come together to solve the murder of the most popular girl in school after one of them is caught fleeing the scene of her death.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder [X], brothers, dysfunctional families [X], african americans, detective and mystery stories, family problems, mystery and detective stories, homicide, family life, new orleans (la.), detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction)
The Dark We Know
"Growing up in Slater, Isadora Chang never felt at ease in the repressive small town, even before she realized she was bisexual--but after the deaths of two childhood friends, Slater went from feeling claustrophobic to suffocating.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: runaway teenagers, bisexual people, dysfunctional families [X], homecoming, murder [X], demonology, supernatural, family problems, horror stories, queer fiction, horror fiction, paranormal fiction