Young Adult Fiction from I Cannot Live Without Books

As Good as Dead (Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Book #3) by Holly Jackson Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She's used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast, but she can't help noticing an anonymous person who keeps asking her: Who will… Read more about this item

Good Girl, Bad Blood (Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Book #2) by Holly Jackson Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Siongh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. Though the podcast went viral, Pip insists that her sleuthing days are behind her. But when someone she knows goes missing and the… Read more about this item

Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Eighteen-year-old auto mechanic Sawyer Taft did not expect her estranged grandmother to show up at her apartment and offer her a six-figure contract to participae in debutante season. And she definitely never imagined she would accept. But when she realizes that immersing herself in her grandmother's "society" might mean discovering the answer tyo the… Read more about this item

Deadly Little Scandals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Reluctant debutante Sawyer Taft joined Southern high society for one reason and one reason alone: to identify and locate her biological father. But the answers Sawyer found during her debutante year only left her with more questions and one potentially life-ruining secret. When her cousin Lily ropes her into pledging a mysterious, elite, and… Read more about this item

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson Eiughteen-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom's mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on. But the case is dragged… Read more about this item

Claim to Fame by Margaret Peterson Haddix It was a talent that came out of nowhere. One day Lindsay Scott was on the top of the world, the star of a hit TV show. The next day her fame had turned into torture. Every time anyone said anything about her, she heard it. And everyone was talking about Lindsay: fans, friends,… Read more about this item

The Always War by Margaret Peterson Haddix For as long as Tessa can remember, her country has been at war. When local golden boy Gideon Thrall is awarded a medal for courage, it's a rare bright spot for everyone in Tessa's town -- until Gideon refuses the ward, claimed he was a coward, and runs away. Tessa is bewildered, and can't… Read more about this item

The House on the Gulf by Margaret Peterson Haddix When Britt's older brother, Bran, lands a summer job house-sitting for the Marquises, an elderly couple, it seems like a great opportunity. Britt and Bran have moved to Florida so their mother can finish college, and the house-sitting income will allow their mom to quit her job and take classes full-time. Having… Read more about this item

A Night Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that i's her own fault. She was the one who unknowingly brewed the poison tea that killed her mother -- the poison tea tha now threatens to also take her sister, Shu. When Ning hears of a competition to find the… Read more about this item

The Night in Question (An Agathas Mystery) by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson Last October, Alice Ogilve's ex-best friend, Brook Donovan, was killed -- and if it weren'tf for Alice's unlikely alliance with her tutor, Iris Adams, and her library of the complete works of Agatha Christie, the wrong person would almost certainly be sitting in prison for the crime. The… Read more about this item

The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz Lawson Welcome to Castle Cove -- a town cursed with missing girls, bad boyfriends, family secrets, and some very steep cliffs. Last summer, Alice Ogilvie's basketball star boyfriend, Steve, dumped her. Then she disappeared for five days. She's not talking, so where she went and what happened to her is the biggest mystery in Castle… Read more about this item

Capturing the Devil (Stalking Jack the Ripper Series, Book #4) by Kerri Maniscalco Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell have arrived in America, a bold, brash land bursting with life. But lkie their beloved London, the city of Chicago has dark secrets. When the two attend the spectacular World's Fair, they uncover a sickening truth -- the once-in-a-lifetime event is tainted… Read more about this item

Hunting Prince Dracula (Stalking Jack the Ripper Series, Book #2) by Kerri Maniscalco Following the horrifying revelation of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth flees her home in Victorian London to enroll as the only female student in Europe's most prestigious forensics school. But it's impossible to find peace in the dark, unsettling Romanian castle that houses the school… Read more about this item

Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper Series, Book #1) by Kerri Maniscalco Groomed to be the perfect highborn Victorian young lady, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has a decidedly different plan for herself. After the loss of her beloved mother, she is determined to understand the nature of death and its workings. Trading in her embroidery needle for an autopsy scalpel,… Read more about this item

Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk When the Great Depression takes almost everything they own, Ellie's family is forced to leave their home in town and start over in the untamed forests of nearby Echo Mountain. Ellie has found a welcome freedom, and a love of the natural world, in her new life on the mountain. But there is little joy, even… Read more about this item

Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow's only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor… Read more about this item

Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow, Book #1) by Lauren Wolk Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying seems isolated at first, things… Read more about this item

My Own Lightning (Wolf Hollow, Book #2) by Lauren Wolk It's been several months since the tragic events set in motion by bully Betty Glengarry, and the routine of daily life in Wolf Hollow has slowly returned. But for Annabelle McBride It's hard to move forward and make peace with what feels like thread-bare justice. Newly warm summer days are about to… Read more about this item

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen Simi prayed to the gods once. Now she serves them as Mami Wata -- a mermaid -- collecting the souls of those who die at sea and blessing their journeys back home. But when a living boy is thrown overboard, Simi does the unthinkable -- she saves his life, going against an ancient decree. And… Read more about this item

The Raven Boys (Book I of The Raven Cycle) by Maggie Stiefvater Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them -- until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her. His name is Gansey, and he's a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school.… Read more about this item