Teen Books That Complement The Maltese Falcon
What's The Big Read? It is a program that encourages everyone to read the same title and discuss it. This year the selected book is The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. For more info, visit www.jocolibrary.org/bigread.
Case Closed v.1
Gosho Aoyama, 2004
High school student Jimmy Kudo solves cases the police can't crack. While chasing a suspect, Jimmy is attacked and given a chemical that changes him into a grade schooler. Adopting the name Conan Edogawa, he searches for the culprits and a cure, but that doesn't stop him from tackling mysteries.
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The Rag and Bone Shop : a novel
Robert Cormier, 2001
A seven-year-old girl is brutally murdered. A twelve-year-old boy named Jason was the last person to see her alive -- except, of course, for the killer. Unless Jason is the killer. It's a high-profile case, and everyone wants answers, including an influential senator. So the police call in an expert interrogator, a man named Trent, a man with a stellar reputation: He always gets a confession. When Jason and Trent come face to face, the truth will come out. That's what an interrogation is for, to bring out the truth. Or is it?
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Lulu Dark and the Summer of the Fox : a mystery
Bennett Madison, 2006
The last thing Lulu Dark needs is a mystery getting in the way of her Important Summer Plans which include snacking, sunbathing, and trash TV. But when Lulu's mother, B-list celebrity Isabelle Dark, drops into town to shoot a movie--and disappears--Lulu gets just that.
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The Spirit Line
Aimee Thurlo, 2004
Crystal Manyfeathers is caught between two worlds: her life at a modern American high school, and her life with the Dineh, her Navajo people, where spiritual ceremonies and traditions prevail. In deference to her father, Crystal prepares for her upcoming womanhood ceremony. But days before it starts, a valuable rug Crystal has been weaving for the event is mysteriously stolen. Her best friend Henry believes the theft is punishment for Crystals stubborn refusal to weave in the spirit line, a required tribute to the Navajo goddess Spider Woman. Despite their spiritual differences, Crystal and Henry launch a bold and dangerous search for the rug. Will they find it in time? And will Crystal at last learn to be at peace with her Navajo identity?
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Underclassman
Nick Cannon, 2006
A young detective goes undercover at an elite private school to break up an international stolen car ring.
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So Yesterday
Scott Westerfeld, 2004
Hunter Braque, a New York City teenager who is paid by corporations to spot what is "cool," combines his analytical skills with girlfriend Jen's creative talents to find a missing person and thwart a conspiracy directed at the heart of consumer culture.
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The Traitors' Gate
Avi, 2007
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.
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Location: YA MYSTERY Avi
Kiss Me Kill Me
Lauren Henderson, 2008
Longing to be part of the in-crowd at her exclusive London school, orphaned, sixteen-year-old Scarlett, a trained gymnast, eagerly accepts an invitation to a party whose disastrous outcome changes her life forever.
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Bad Kitty
Michele Jaffe, 2006
While vacationing with her family in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Jasmine stumbles upon a murder mystery that she attempts to solve with the help of her friends, recently arrived from California.
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Finding Lubchenko
Michael Simmons, 2005
When his father is framed for murder and bioterrorism, high-school junior Evan, using clues from a stolen laptop, travels from Seattle to Paris with two friends to find the real culprit.
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The Perfect Shot
Elaine Marie Alphin, 2005
Brian uses basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family who were gunned down a year ago, but the upcoming murder trial and a high school history assignment force him to face the past and decide how far he should go to see justice served.
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Location: YA MYSTERY Alphin Elaine