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Under This Red Rock

by Mindy McGinnis

Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Oct 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From award-winning author Mindy McGinnis comes a mesmerizing YA psychological mystery following a teen girl who is grappling with the death of her brother as she starts a new job in the caverns of Ohio—only to become the number one suspect in ...

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The Project

by Courtney Summers

Hardcover: Feb 2021 | Paperback: Nov 2023

Critics' Consensus:

From Courtney Summers, the New York Times bestselling author of the 2019 Edgar Award Winner and breakout hit, Sadie, comes a sensational follow-up -- another pulls-no-punches thriller about an aspiring young journalist determined to save her sister ...

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Firekeeper's Daughter

by Angeline Boulley

Hardcover: Mar 2021 | Paperback: Apr 2023

Critics' Consensus:

Winner of the 2021 BookBrowse Award for Best Young Adult Novel

In Firekeeper's Daughter, debut author Angeline Boulley crafts a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, for readers of Angie ...

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Genuine Fraud

by E Lockhart

Hardcover: Sep 2017 | Paperback: May 2019

Critics' Consensus:

From the author of the unforgettable New York Times bestseller We Were Liars comes a masterful new psychological suspense novel - the story of a young woman whose diabolical smarts are her ticket into a charmed life. But how many times can someone ...

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Complicit

by Stephanie Kuehn

Hardcover: Jun 2014 | Paperback: Mar 2016

Critics' Consensus:

Trust nothing and no one as you race toward the explosive conclusion of the gripping psychological thriller Complicit from Stephanie Kuehn, the William C. Morris Award--winning author of Charm & Strange.

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The Hit

by Melvin Burgess

Hardcover: Feb 2014

Critics' Consensus:

Live the ultimate high. Pay the ultimate price. The shocking return to YA by the author of Smack.

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Ark Angel

by Anthony Horowitz

Hardcover: Apr 2006 | Paperback: Apr 2007

Critics' Consensus:

Alex Rider confounds an evil villain's plans to salvage a doomed project by whatever means necessary.

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Silverfin

A James Bond Adventure

by Charlie Higson

Hardcover: Apr 2005 | Paperback: Apr 2006

Critics' Consensus:

A brilliantly crafted tale that reveals the unknown story of a boy who grew up to become one the most iconic figures of our time.

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