Mysteries for Teens
(Links to Sacramento Public Library Catalog open in a new window).
Wolf rider: A Tale of Terror, by Avi
(YA fic m Avi)
After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed
murder, 15-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father
crumbling, as he struggles to make everyone believe him .
Friends to Die For, by Jane Sughrue Gillberga
(YA fic m Gilberga)
Sixteen-year-old Cristina is forced to evaluate her sophisticated world
of elegant New York apartments, when a girl she knows is murdered after
a party they both attended.
Deadly Deception,
by Betsy Haynes
(YA fic m Haynes )
When her es) boyfriend is arrested and charged with murdering the school
guidance counselor, 17-year-old Ashlyn tries to find the real killer.
Blood Runs
Deep, by Roderick Scott Mackey
(YA fic Mackey)
Racial prejudice, track and field, dating and death all come together
in this coming-of-age mystery, set in Northern California.
Eyes of
a Stranger, by Sharon Heisel
(YA fic m Heisel)
Marissa, a shy self-conscious girl with a twisted leg, is attract to a
strikingly handsome visitor to her uncle's carousel, but begins to suspect
he is a psychotic serial killer.
Silent to
the Bone, by E.L. Konigsberg
(YA fic Konigsburg)
When he is wrongly accused of gravely injuring his baby half- sister,
13-year-old Branwell losses his power of speech. Only his friend, Connor,
is able to reach him and uncover the truth of what really happened.
Troubling
a Star, by Madeleine L'Engle
(YA fic L'Engle)
As she tries to stay alive after being left on a iceberg in the Antarctic,
16-year-old Vicky recalls the series of events that brought her to the
bottom of the world and involved her in a dangerous mystery.
Monster,
by Walter Dean Myers
(YA fic myers)
While on trial, as an accomplice to a murder, 16-year-old Steve Harmon
records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of
a film script, as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has
taken.
Don't Scream,
by Joan Lowery Nixon
(YA fic m Nixon)
When two new guys come to her school, Jess thinks things are really looking
up. But, she doesn't know their real identities or if she can trust them.
Hangman's
Curse, by Frank Peretti
(YA fic m Peretti)
When several students at Baker High School are stricken by an alleged
curse of the school's ghost, Elija and Elisha Springfield and their parents,
undercover investigators, are sent to discover the truth behind the events.
The Body
of Christopher Creed, by Carol Plum-Ucci
(YA fic Plum-Ucci)
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles
with doubts and questions surrounding the disappearance of the class outcast.
Undercurrents,
by Willo Davis Roberts
(YA fis m Roberts)
Fourteen year-old Nikki has trouble accepting her new stepmother, Crystal.
The problem grows when she visits the Northern California house where
Crystal lived as a child, and experienced some horrible event she is trying
to keep secret.
The Girl
in the Box, by Oudia Sebestyn
(YA fic Sebestyn)
Kidnapped and left in an underground room, Jackie explores her psychological
strengths and limitations, as she tries to make contact with the outside
world by writing messages and sending them through a slit in the door.
Dangerous
Skies, by Suzanne Fisher Staples
(YA fic Staples)
Hypocrisy and prejudice twist events in such a way to implicate two children,
one from a prominent white family and the other from an African-American,
in a murder.
For Mike,
by Shelly Sykes
(YA fic m Sykes)
When Jeff's best friend, Mike, disappears in the fall of their senior
year in high school, Jeff has disturbing dreams in which Mike urges him
to come get him, and a secret begins to unfold.
Stuck in
Neutral, by Terry Trueman
(YA fic Trueman)
Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsey
and cannot function well, relates his perception of life, his family,
and his condition, especially as he believes his father is planning to
kill him.
The Killer's
Cousin, by Nancy Werlin
(YA fic Werlin)
After being acquitted for murder, 17-year-old David goes to stay with
relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he finds himself forced to
face his past as he learns more about his strange young cousin, Lily.
The Christmas
Killer, by Patricia Windsor
(YA fic m Windsor)
At Christmastime, as young girls are disappearing, Rose is having disturbing
dreams that reveal where their dead bodies can be found.
Liar, Liar,
by Laurence Yep
(YA fic Yep)
Branded in the past as a liar, a teen-aged boy, trying to prove his friend's
death in a car crash was no accident, finds himself stalked by a seemingly
respectable businessman for a similar fate.