Avery Kylie Grambs lives in New Castle, Connecticut with her sister, Libby. All she wants is to make it out of high school and major in actuarial science. One day, at school, a mysterious stranger arrives and informs her that she has just become the heir to Tobias Hawthorme’s 46.2 billion dollar inheritance from a man she has never heard of. The only catch: she must live in a mansion with all of the former heirs, and more for at least one year. Avery and Tobias’ four grandsons must solve riddles upon riddles and uncover secrets upon secrets.
One False Note is the second book in the 39 Clues series. Dan and Amy Cahill follow the life of Mozart the famous composer. They must travel through Austria to find a clue while their evil relatives are right on their tail. Will Dan and Amy find the clue first?
Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys is a young adult historical novel set in the 1950s in New Orleans. The story follows the life of Josie Moraine, a determined and resourceful young woman who dreams of escaping her mother's brothel and pursuing a better future through education. Despite the odds stacked against her, Josie works at a bookstore and navigates the complexities of the city's underworld, all while trying to uncover the truth about her father's identity.
Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter is the fifth installment in the Gallagher Girls series, following the adventures of Cammie Morgan and her friends at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a school for spies. In this book, Cammie wakes up with no memory of the past few months and is faced with the challenge of piecing together what happened during that time.
Summary: The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is a gripping young adult novel that follows the story of Kira Bennett, a girl with a unique ability to communicate with search-and-rescue dogs. As she navigates the challenges of her extraordinary skill, Kira is drawn into a thrilling mystery involving a missing girl and a dangerous wilderness. With the help of her loyal dog, a team of skilled search-and-rescue professionals, and her own determination,
In the fictional town of Lost, Alaska there were two best friends named Kyra and Corey. When Corey has to move as Kyra is diagnosed with bipolar, she makes Kyra promise to stay strong in a town that does not accept her. When Corey gets the news that Kyra drowned in an icy lake, she is shattered. The book follows Corey’s journey of finding out what happened in Lost after she left, and why the town says her death was “meant to be”.
Do not miss out on E. Lockhart’s gripping novel, We Were Liars. The story begins with 17 year old Cadence, who spends the summer every year on her wealthy family’s private island on the coast of Massachusetts. She enjoys her summer with her cousins, the “liars,” and a boy who is a friend of the family. The group of them spend hours away from their mothers who are feuding over ownership of the property and inheritance of the wealth from their eccentric grandfather.
Nine Liars, Maureen Johnson’s newest entry in the Truly Devious series, is a weak companion to the books that came before it, yet still managed to retain some of the charm of its predecessors. The novel takes place between two time periods: one being the 1990s in England, following a group of nine friends in a rural house, and the other being a modern-day continuation of the lives of Stevie Bell and her friends.
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder follows a girl named Pip as she tries to uncover the murder of a girl named Andie Bell for a school project with a boy named Ravi, the brother of the boy suspected of killing Andie. Pip isn't convinced that Ravis's older brother killed Andie, and neither is Ravi. They can't ask him because he was soon dead after her, a “suicide”. Pip and Ravi work hard to find out who did this.
