young adult books
THE CHEERLEADERS DUOLOGY
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There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook. First there was the car accident that left two girls dead. Not long after, the murders happened. Those two, killed by the man next door. Monica’s sister was the last to die. After her suicide, Sunnybrook High disbanded the cheer squad. That was five years ago. Now the faculty wants to remember the girls they lost. Monica just wants to forget, but unsettling new evidence threatens to unravel a town that knows more than it lets on and she’s at the center of it—whether she wants to be or not. There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook, and no one left is safe. What happened five years ago isn’t over.
Releasing 8/27/24
The deaths of five cheerleaders made the town of Sunnybrook infamous. Eleven years later, the girls’ killer has been brought to justice, and by the time Hadley moves to town, the locals are more interested in the Tigers, the high school’s championship-winning football team. But when a mysterious accident befalls a member of the team, the town’s deadly history stands to repeat itself—and the price of discovering the truth is higher than anyone could imagine. It’s becoming clear Sunnybrook’s golden boys have secrets, and after a second player is mysteriously killed, Hadley’s beginning to suspect it has something to do with what happened to the cheerleaders all those years ago . . .
“A little bit Riverdale and a little bit Veronica Mars, The Cheerleaders is a twisty page-turner that will have you doubting every character you meet—and everything you think you know.”
― Riley Sager, bestselling author of Final Girls
STANDALONES
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It was supposed to be the perfect prom weekend getaway but when Claire wakes up alone and bloodied on a hiking trail with no memory of the past forty-eight hours, it’s clear something terrible happened. Now everyone wants answers—most of all, Claire. She remembers Friday night, but after that, nothing. And now Kat and Jesse, her best friends, are missing. What happened on the mountain? Claire knows the truth is buried somewhere in her memory, but she’s learning everyone has secrets—even her best friends. And she’s pretty sure she’s not going to like what she remembers.
“No one writes a thriller like Kara Thomas.”
― Courtney Summers, bestselling author of Sadie
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Kacey is the new girl in Broken Falls. When she moved in with her father, she stepped into a brand-new life with a stepbrother, a stepmom, and an adoring younger half sister. Everyone is so nice in Broken Falls—she’s even been welcomed into a tight new circle of friends. But when her closest friends, Bailey and Jade, start acting distant and don't invite her to the biggest party of the year, it doesn't exactly feel like an accident. When Bailey never makes it home that night, everyone thinks Kacey had something to do with it. Suddenly, Broken Falls doesn't seem so welcoming after all.
“An eerie and masterly psychological thriller.”
― School Library Journal
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Tessa left Fayette when she was nine and only wants to forget what happened there that last summer. She and her childhood best friend, Callie, never talked about what they saw. Not before the trial. And certainly not after. But ever since she left, Tessa has questions. Things have never quite added up. And now she has to go back to Fayette—to Wyatt Stokes, sitting on death row and to the one other person who may be hiding the truth. Only, the closer Tessa gets to what really happened, the closer she gets to a killer—and this time, it won’t be so easy to run away.
“An unsettling story of loss, lies, and violence.”
― Kirkus
PREP SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL SERIES (AS KARA TAYLOR)
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Anne Dowling practically runs her exclusive academy on New York’s Upper East Side—until she accidentally burns part of it down and gets sent to a boarding school outside of Boston. Determined to make it back to New York, Anne could care less about making friends at the preppy Wheatley School. That is, until her roommate, Isabella's body is found in the woods behind the school. When everyone else is oddly silent, Anne becomes determined to uncover the truth no matter how many rules she has to break to do it. With the help of Isabella’s twin brother Anthony, and a cute classmate named Brent, Anne discovers that Isabella wasn’t quite the innocent nerd she pretended to be. But someone will do anything to stop Anne’s snooping—even if it means framing her for murder.
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Anne is back for her second semester at Wheatley Prep. Although things have settled (somewhat) since her roommate Isabella’s death, Anne’s still kind of obsessed with the death of Wheatley student Matthew Weaver thirty years ago, since she found a picture of him and his crewmates with the words "they killed him" scrawled on the back among Isabella’s things. When Anne learns her boyfriend Brent's dad is one of the now-powerful Wheatley alumni who rowed crew with Matthew, and that the crew team continues to induct new members with a creepy-sounding ritual called “The Drop,” she knows her investigation could put her relationship with Brent in danger. Determined to discover the truth, she reaches out to Anthony, who helps her delve deeper into the secrets in Wheatley's past . . . secrets someone would kill to keep hidden.
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It’s August and Anne is back in NYC for the summer, but she can’t escape the memories of the terrible things that happened last spring. When an unexpected and suspicious turn of events gets Anne sent back to Wheatley, she’s determined to figure out what happened to her only adult ally at the school: Ms. Cross. After a shocking, gruesome murder with connections to the Wheatley School occurs, Anne is convinced her favorite teacher is in danger. But after an ugly breakup with Brent and a new, inexplicable distance between her and Anthony, Anne isn’t sure who she can trust. Even worse, Anne discovers evidence that someone at Wheatley is covering up what really happened to Ms. Cross—someone who will stop at nothing to keep Anne from learning the truth.
