The Stand In
By: A.J. Rushby
3.49
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
When new girl Millie shows up at Lena’s boarding school, she arrives with a question. Why is Lena p…
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1. In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
By: Fabio Geda , Howard Curtis
3.99
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
When a ten-year-old boy's village in Afghanistan falls prey to Taliban rule, his mother shepherds t… read more
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- contemporary
"Khasta kofta inseamna obosit ca o chiftea,pt ca atunci cand femeile fac chiftele,prin partile noastre,le framanta si le framanta si le framanta mult timp in causul mainii"-Fabio Geda, In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
"Ha detto: “Tre cose che non devi fare nella vita, Enait jan , per nessun motivo. La prima è usare le droghe. Ce ne sono che hanno un odore e un sapore buono e i sussurrano alle orecchie che sapranno …"-Fabio Geda, In the Sea There are Crocodiles: Based on the True Story of Enaiatollah Akbari
2. Whisper
By: Lynette Noni
4.04
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
For two and a half years, Subject 684 -- "Jane Doe" -- has been locked underground in a secret gove… read more
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3. The Lost Library
By: Rebecca Stead
4.14
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more
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- mystery
"But aren’t “parents"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"That delicious book smell, his heart said."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
4. The War Nurses
By: Anthea Hodgson
4.49
Format: 394 pages, Paperback
In 1942, country girls Minnie Hodgson and Margot McNee set sail from Perth, Australia for Singapore… read more
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5. The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)
By: Amanda Hampson
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Trade Paperback
They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter w… read more
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- mystery
- crime
6. The Unbelieved
By: Vikki Petraitis
4.22
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
'So you believed the alleged rapists over the alleged victim?' Jane's voice took on an indignant pi… read more
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- suspense
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
7. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer
By: Amy Doak
3.69
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
8. Scar Town
By: Tristan Bancks
4.04
Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition
Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
9. Completely Normal (and other lies)
By: Biffy James
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
10. Royals
By: Tegan Bennett Daylight
3.35
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Six teenagers. An empty shopping centre. No Wi-Fi. And … a baby? Acclaimed author Tegan Bennett Day… read more
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- mystery
- young adult
- contemporary
11. Let’s Never Speak of This Again
By: Megan Williams
3.80
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Award Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2022 Ella and I have been best … read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
12. Grace Notes
By: Karen Comer
4.16
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
, This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
13. The Night in Question (The Agathas #2)
By: Kathleen Glasgow
3.92
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
How do you solve a murder? Follow the lessons of the master—Agatha Christie! Iris and Alice find th… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
14. Girls with Sharp Sticks (Girls with Sharp Sticks, #1)
By: Suzanne Young
3.95
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“Enough plot twists to give a reader whiplash.” —Cosmopolitan From New York Times bestselling autho… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- young adult
- contemporary
15. The Bone Tree
By: Airana Ngarewa
3.71
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
After the death of both parents, Kauri and Black must find a way to survive in a world that doesn't… read more
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16. Those Girls
By: Pamela Rushby
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
New, from award-winning historical novelist, Pamela Rushby, exploring the roles, and struggles, of … read more
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17. The Burning
By: Laura Bates
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An Amazon Best Book of the Month! What happens when you can’t run or hide from a mistake that go… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
"We are the granddaughters of the witches you burned. And we’re not putting up with it any more."-Laura Bates, The Burning
"We are the granddaughters of the witches you could not burn. And we are not putting up with it anymore."-Laura Bates, The Burning
"Jeez,’ another boy calls, ‘it was a compliment.’ ‘Compliments are like jokes,’ Cat says drily. ‘If you have to explain what they are, they haven’t worked."-Laura Bates, The Burning
18. We Who Hunt The Hollow (Hollow, #1)
By: Kate Murray
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A firecracker urban fantasy about the youngest daughter of a family of women warriors, and the powe… read more
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- young adult
19. Green Rising
By: Lauren James
3.77
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
Set in a near-future world on the brink of ecological catastrophe, Lauren James’ novel is a grippin… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
20. Killer Content
By: Kiley Roache
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Knives Out meets One of Us is Lying! In this paperback original thriller a group of famous TikToker… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- young adult
- contemporary
21. Last One to Die
By: Cynthia Murphy
3.36
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
A supernatural thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end. Packed with voice-driven wh… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- young adult
22. The Killing Code
By: Ellie Marney
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for f… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- young adult
"I am the code you never broke, and I don't play by the rules."-Ellie Marney, The Killing Code
23. If You tell Anyone, You're Next
By: Jack Heath
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An exclusive group chat. A deadly challenge. How far would you go to join? Jayden Jones is missing.… read more
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- young adult
- suspense
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
24. Mrs Jewell and the Wreck of the General Grant
By: Cristina Sanders
4.01
Format: 321 pages, Paperback
It’s 1866 and the three-masted sailing ship General Grant is on the southern route from Melbourne t… read more
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25. Splinters of Sunshine
By: Patrice Lawrence
3.52
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
From the multi-award-winning author of Orangeboy, comes a YA road-trip mystery. I pick up the en… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
26. Birdy
By: Sharon Kernot
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Maddy is mute. Since the Incident she has barely spoken. And now she and her mother and brother are… read more
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- mystery
- young adult
27. Lover Birds
By: Leanne Egan
4.22
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
With an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance, and perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Becky Albe… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
28. The Stand In
By: A.J. Rushby
3.49
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
When new girl Millie shows up at Lena’s boarding school, she arrives with a question. Why is Lena p… read more
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- young adult
- suspense
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
29. Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret
By: Amy Doak
4.21
Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition
Things have settled down in Cooinda and Eleanor Jones is getting used to her new normal – spending … read more
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- mystery
- crime
- young adult
30. The Ghost Locket
By: Allison Rushby
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A captivating supernatural mystery set in a house haunted by secrets from the past. Eleven-year-… read more
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31. Look Me in the Eye
By: Jane Godwin
3.97
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
running latedrop it off without meI type drop what off? I don't know what Mish is talking about.Whi… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- young adult
