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The Name of the Star

Maureen Johnson - Speak
Format: Print book

New York Times bestseller Maureen Johnson takes on Jack the Ripper in this captivating paranormal thriller! The day that Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London to start a new life at boarding school is also the day a series of brutal murders breaks out over the city, killings...
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Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna, Book 1) (Anna Dressed in Blood Series, 1)

Kendare Blake - Tor Teen
Format: Paperback

From Kendare Blake, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns, a beautiful and haunting ghost story . Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. . So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now,...
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I Hunt Killers

Barry Lyga - AudioGO
Format: Audiobook

Jazz is a likable teenager. A charmer. But hes also the son of a (now incarcerated) infamous serial killer, and Dear Old Dad (as Jazz calls him) has taught Jazz everything he knows. But what Jazz doesnt know is whether or not he is destined to follow in his fathers footsteps. He knows...
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The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die

April Henry - Square Fish
Format: Paperback

"Take her out back and finish her off."She doesnt know who she is. She doesnt know where she is, or why. All she knows when she comes to in a ransacked cabin is that there are two men arguing over whether or not to kill her. And that she must run.In her riveting style, April Henry...
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There Will Be Lies

Nick Lake - Bloomsbury Usa
Format: Book

In four hours, Shelby Jane Cooper will be struck by a car.Shortly after, she and her mother will leave the hospital and set out on a winding journey toward the Grand Canyon.All Shelby knows is that they're running from dangers only her mother understands. And the further they travel, the more...
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Suspicion

Alexandra Monir - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

"If Alfred Hitchcock had directed Downton Abbey, the result would have been this book. Alexandra Monir takes us on a gripping, nonstop thrill ride with just the right amount of supernatural and an ending that you definitely won't suspect. I devoured it in one sitting."...
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In the Shadow of Blackbirds

Cat Winters - Amulet Books
Format: Print book

In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men to the front lines of a brutal war, creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion. Sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black...
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The Cemetery Boys

Heather Brewer - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Part Hitchcock, part Hinton, this first-ever stand-alone novel from Heather Brewer, New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series, uses classic horror elements to tell a darkly funny coming-of-age story about the dangerous power of belief and the cost...
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Long Lankin

Lindsey Barraclough - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

In an exquisitely chilling debut novel, four children unravel the mystery of a family curse - and a ghostly creature known in folklore as Long Lankin.When Cora and her younger sister, Mimi, are sent to stay with their elderly aunt in the isolated village of Byers Guerdon, they receive...
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Texas Gothic

Rosemary Clement-Moore - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

Amy Goodnight knows that the world isn't as simple as it seems. She also understands that "normal" doesn't mix with magic, and she's worked hard to build a wall between the two worlds. Not only to protect her family, who are all practicing witches, but to protect any hope of ever...
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