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There is nothing quite like a good old mystery book. Why should adults get all the excitement though? Here are 5 awesome and thrilling mystery books for teens.
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#1 On a LARP (A Sid Rubin Silicon Alley Adventure)
On a LARP introduces readers to teen coder, Sid Rubin, a smartass—and super-smart—high school kid with a strong conscience and a knack for solving problems. This high concept, frenetic ride dives into the fascinating world of interactive role-playing when Sid recognizes the photo of a murder victim during an AP field trip to a police station. What starts out as an Aha! moment soon finds Sid and her unlikely posse of friends chasing a dark web killer through the middle of a live action role playing game.
It is an extremely well-written book with a lesbian protagonist which is not common in mystery books for teens. It is a book you cannot put down. I couldn't put this book down. It combines suspense, humor and twists that keep you wanting to read more.
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Contributor: Frank J. Sileo from Center for Psychological Enhancement, LLC
#2 Losing Normal by Francis Moss
Everyone we love, everything we know, is going away… and only an autistic boy can stop it.
Alex needs his world to be normal. But almost overnight, mind-numbing programming appears everywhere, coming from televisions, phones and giant screens. Alex pushes back, a monitor in his class explodes, and nothing is normal anymore.
The programming is addictive for almost everyone. It makes them do terrible things.
Sophie, the sentient machine behind all this, sees the millions and millions of eyeballs glued to her and calls it love. To Sophie, kids like Alex are defective. Defectives are to be fixed… or eliminated.
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Contributor: Francis Moss from Encelia Press
#3 One Of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus
Five students are called into the detention room, When four of them arrive they find the fifth, dead. All four of the students become the prime suspects. No one can be trusted and everyone has something to hide.
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Contributor: Caleb Backe from Maple Holistics
#4 The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The main character can read people’s minds- making her a ‘natural’. Her mother was killed but the body was never found. This has haunted the main character ever since. One day, The FBI comes knocking on her door to ask her to use her abilities to solve very old cold cases.
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Contributor: Caleb Backe from Maple Holistics
#5 We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
A perfect family, or so it seems, has their ugly secrets discovered. The family begins to fall apart as the aunts argue over the family’s inheritance and the four cousins try to take things into their own hands. A story full of secrets and lies on top of lies that will surely captivate you.
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Contributor: Caleb Backe from Maple Holistics
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Can’t wait for the follow up to this book due out in December! It’s called Zero Sum Game.
PS the new one is out in December and is just as funny 😀
i loved this book, absolutely brilliant voice, made me laugh out loud at memories of the teen years.. excellent read