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, rules (philosophy), moving, household, best friends [X], fund raising, contests, middle school students, schools, murder, high school students, man-woman relationships, horror stories, homicide [X], mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery stories, north carolina, sisters, school stories, radio and television novels
Strike Three, You're Dead
"Lenny Norbeck and his friends The Mikes set out to investigate the suspicious death of a young pitcher at a Phillies game"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: baseball, murder, best friends [X], friendship, homicide [X], mystery fiction [X], mystery and detective stories, juvenile fiction / sports & recreation / baseball & softball, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, philadelphia phillies (baseball team), mystery fiction
Dangerous Girls
When Anna's best friend is found murdered while they are vacationing in Aruba, Anna is targeted as a prime suspect and must fight for her freedom and prove her innocence while she remains trapped in a foreign country.
FIC
year:
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
Creep
"Teenager Olivia Danvers knows that the previous residents at 16 Olcott Place moved out in the middle of the night, but nobody really knows why; the new family, the Donahues, have three children including a daughter, Janie, Olivia's age, and the two become close friends--but when the threatening letters start arriving from the 'Sentry of Glennon Heights' the two girls realize that the house and town are hiding sinister secrets, which could tear their whole world apart"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: threats of violence, secrecy, murder, neighbors, best friends [X], detective and mystery stories, secrets, friendship, mystery and detective stories, homicide [X], mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction
Little Creeping Things
Tormented by her guilt and classmate's taunts since she accidentally set a lethal fire as a child, Cassidy is implicated in her worst bully's murder and must find the killer before someone else dies.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, best friends [X], friendship, brothers and sisters, high schools, schools, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, homicide [X], siblings, school stories, mystery fiction [X], detective and mystery fiction, criminal investigation
The Counselors
After a traumatic school year, camp counselor Goldie Easton is excited to reunite with her two best friends at an elite summer camp, but when a local boy is found dead on the grounds, all three must reveal a dark secret to find the murderer.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: camps, friendship, secrecy, homicide [X], suspense fiction, mystery fiction [X], thrillers (fiction), best friends [X], secrets, mystery fiction
The House In The Pines
"Maya was a high school senior when her best friend Aubrey mysteriously dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man, Frank, they'd been hanging around with all summer.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder, best friends [X], memory, cold cases (criminal investigation), psychic trauma, detective and mystery stories, homicide [X], friendship, criminal investigation, mystery fiction [X], massachusetts, thrillers (fiction), detective and mystery fiction, psychological fiction