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twenty-questions-for-gloriaTwenty Questions for Gloria by Martyn Bedford

Gloria is a bored teenaged girl who meets a mysterious new boy, Uman Padeem, who is confident and charismatic--everything Gloria wishes to be--but when they disappear together for fifteen days she learns he is not all he seems, and soon truths about him and his secrets are revealed.

defenderDefender by Graham McNamee

Seventeen-year-old Tyne and her boyfriend Stick investigate a decades-old murder after she finds the body of a girl in the basement wall of her apartment building.

crossing-the-lineThe Raven Files: Crossing the Line by Meghan Rogers (1st in series)

Jocelyn Steely was kidnapped as a child and trained as a North Korean spy, but the tables turn when she becomes a double agent for the very American spy organization she has been sent to destroy.

essential-maps-for-the-lostEssential Maps for the Lost by Deb Calletti

When Mads discovers a dead body while she's swimming in the lake, she begins to obsess over who the woman was and what led her to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. But when she starts to fall for Billy, the woman's troubled son, Mads isn't sure how much longer she can keep her obsession a secret.

the-art-of-not-breathingThe Art of Not Breathing by Sarah Alexander

Since her twin brother, Eddie, drowned five years ago, sixteen-year-old Elsie Main has tried to remember what really happened that fateful day on the beach. When cute, mysterious Tay introduces Elsie to the world of freediving, she vows to find the answers she seeks at the bottom of the sea.

the-incident-on-the-bridgeThe Incident of the Bridge by Laura McNeal

When Thisbe Locke is last seen standing on the edge of the Coronado Bridge it looks like there is only one thing to call it and the town prepares to mourn the loss, but her sister Ted, and Fen, the new kid in town, are not convinced and they set out to figure out what happened on that bridge and find Thisbe.

beware-that-girlBeware That Girl by Teresa Toten

When a scholarship girl and a wealthy classmate become friends, their bond is tested when a handsome young teacher separately influences the girls in order to further his less-than-admirable interests.

please-dont-tellPlease Don’t Tell by Laura Tims

Joy must deal with a blackmailer after the harm inflicted on her sister at a party by a perpetrator who ends up dead.

lies-i-live-byLies I Live By by Lauren Sabel

Callie Sinclair is seventeen years old, lives in San Francisco, and works for a secret governmental agency as a psychic spy.

traitor-angelsTraitor Angels by Anne Blankman

One girl must unlock the secrets within Paradise Lost to save her father's life.

the-blood-between-usThe Blood Between Us by Zac Brewer

Growing up, Adrien and his sister Grace competed for everything. It wasn't easy being the adopted sibling, but Adrien tried to get along; Grace didn't. When their scientist parents died, they drifted apart. In their senior year, they are both back at the boarding school where their parents taught. Life gets more complicated when Adrien starts to suspect that Grace might be stealing their parents' research and claiming it as her own--or worse, that she was involved in their deaths. Adrien begins to wonder whether she's guilty and, if so, what he's going to do about it.

perfect-liarsPerfect Liars by Kimberly Reid

Andrea Faraday, a society girl with a sketchy past, leads a crew of juvie kids in using their criminal skills for good.

the-girl-i-used-to-beThe Girl I Used to Be by April Henry

Olivia's parents were killed fourteen years ago. Now, new evidence reopens the case . . . and she finds herself involved.

the-may-queen-murdersThe May Queen Murders by Sarah Jude

When her beloved cousin goes missing after a May Day celebration, sixteen-year-old Ivy discovers that both her cousin and her hometown in the Missouri Ozarks are as full of secrets as the woods that surround them.

the-outliersThe Outliers by Kimberly McCreight

It all starts with a text: Please, Wylie, I need your help. Wylie hasn’t heard from Cassie in over a week, not since their last fight. But that doesn’t matter. Cassie’s in trouble, so Wylie decides to do what she has done so many times before: save her best friend from herself.