Monday, April 11, 2016

Crime Scene!

This week, I'm highlighting teen books featuring crime stories.  These might be stories of teen criminals, teen detectives, and teen mysteries.  Here are some of my favorites . . .

Nothing to Lose by Alex Flinn
A year after running away with a traveling carnival to escape his unbearable home life, sixteen-year-old Michael returns to Miami, Florida, to find that his mother is going on trial for the murder of his abusive stepfather.

Invisible by  Mats Wahl
A Swedish teenager is assaulted and killed, but returns as a ghost to find his killer.

Mister Death's Blue-Eyed Girls by Mary Downing Hahn
Narrated from several different perspectives, tells the story of the 1956 murder of two teenaged girls in suburban Baltimore, Maryland.

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible.

After by Amy Efaw
In complete denial that she is pregnant, straight-A student and star athlete Devon Davenport leaves her baby in the trash to die, and after the baby is discovered, Devon is accused of attempted murder.


More Books --
Blood With Tell by April Henry
Exposed by Kimberly Marcus
Gentlemen by  Michael Northrop
Jude by Kate Morgenroth
The Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin
The Knife That Killed Me by Anthony McGowan
Looking for Normal by Betty Monthei
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford
Playing in Traffic by Gail Giles
The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
Right Behind You by Gail Giles
Rucker Park Setup by Paul Volponi
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes
Shine by Lauren Myracle


Check out these books on display at the Arnold Branch through April 30, 2016.

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