The New Girl
Guided by her rules, nine-year-old Allie works to get past being just the new girl at school, eagerly awaits the arrival of her kitten, and faces turmoil when her grandmother visits while the family is still settling into their new home.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 92
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: bullying, grandmothers [X], rules (philosophy), moving, household, best friends, fund raising, contests, middle school students, schools, murder [X], high school students, man-woman relationships, horror stories, homicide [X], mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, north carolina, sisters, school stories, radio and television novels
The Probable Future
Stella Sparrow, the latest in a long history of Sparrow women to have special gifts, discovers on her thirteenth birthday that she can see the future, an ability that has both positive and negative effects on her life and her family members.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women, mothers and daughters, grandmothers [X], clairvoyants, murder [X], new england, mother-daughter relationship, mystery fiction, psychics, homicide [X], domestic fiction, mystery fiction, domestic fiction
Slide
"When Rennie's dad, the Major, goes overseas on assignment, he enlists his mother-in-law to babysit Rennie.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 650
subjects: murder [X], skis and skiing, grandmothers [X], skiing, homicide [X], sierra mevada (calif. and nev.), adventure fiction, teenage boys, detective and mystery fiction, action and adventure fiction
Two Can Keep A Secret
"Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 87
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: murder [X], missing persons, community life, brothers and sisters, twins, moving, household, grandmothers [X], homicide [X], siblings, moving, detective and mystery fiction, mystery fiction, large print books
Alguien Tiene Un Secreto
While true-crime aficionado Ellery and her twin brother are staying with their grandmother in a Vermont community known for murder, a new friend goes missing and Ellery may be next.
FIC
year:
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: homicide [X], missing persons, community life, siblings, twins, moving, grandmothers [X], secrecy, mystery fiction, spanish language, detective and mystery fiction, murder [X], brothers and sisters, moving, household, mystery and detective stories, secrets, spanish language materials, electronic books
Pretty Dead Queens
Not long after seventeen-year-old Cecelia Ellis arrives to live with her estranged grandmother in a coastal California town, the high school homecoming queen is found dead and Cecelia, fearing a copycat killer is on the loose, throws herself into the investigation.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder [X], grandmothers [X], high schools, schools, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, homicide [X], school stories, mystery fiction, detective and mystery fiction
Homecoming
"Called home to care for her grandmother after a fall, Jess, a journalist, discovers a book chronicling the police investigation into an old unsolved murder that has a shocking connection to her family"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women journalists, grandmothers [X], murder [X], family secrets, cold cases (criminal investigation), homicide [X], criminal investigation, sydney (n.s.w.), thrillers (fiction)