Deep, Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn

Review by S.S.

The book Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn is a best ghost mystery story you will ever read. It’s about a girl named Ali who finds an old torn photograph of her mom and aunt, but it’s ripped and Ali can’t make out the girl standing next to them. The names on the back of the picture are clearly her aunt and mother, but the only other letter visible on back of the picture is a “T”. Ali finds out may hidden secrets. One secret is about a girl named Teresa Abbot who drowned in a lake where her mother and aunt used to visit when they were young.

Is Teresa Abbot “T”? Do her mom and aunt have something to do with the drowning? Find out for yourself, read Deep, Dark, and Dangerous.

Deep, Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn

Percy Jackson (Series) by Rick Riordan

Review by Unnamed Author

Giants, gods, titans and magical powers take place in this breathtaking series by Rick Riordan. Percy is the son of Poseidon and has been named in a prophecy that could end the world. While Kronos’s army approaches their camp, half-bloods may have to fight to the death . Will Percy and the half-blood army win the war, or will the world be destroyed? Read the book to find out who wins and who loses.

Kiss My Book by Jamie Michaels

Review by O.M.

Why would a girl run away from New York City to a small rural town in upstate New York? Ruby Crane, formerly famous did! She is trying to escape her most embarrassing moment ……when a nosy reporter asked her “the question” that changed her life. Find out how when you read the story “Kiss My Book” by Jamie Michaels.

New Moon by Stephanie Meyers

Review by Unnamed Author

Have you ever been asked to keep a secret so dart that you have no clue how to act in front of your loved ones? ………Bella has! She was forced to keep the secret of her vampire boyfriend, Edward, but after a mishap with Jasper (Edward’s brother), Edward decides she deserves a better life and leaves her. All Bella has left in her life is Jacob, but how does she forget Edward and his family and should she tell Jake their secrets? But Jake has a few dark secrets of his own! Will Edward ever come back for Bella? Should Bella forget about Edward and start over with Jake? Read New Moon to find out.

Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

This book started out slow, but finished big. The main character is Jason. He lives at home with his brother and parents who love him completely. But Jason is different. Not only because he has Autism, but because he sees, hears and smells things that other people miss. And he feels in ways other people don't. He just can't show it.
But Jason can write. And Jason's writing changes his world. Try reading Anything but Typical. It will change the way you "see".

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book
Awards - Newberry Honor for Literature

How does someone get a name like "Nobody Owens?" It's easy when your adopted....especially by a family of ghosts who live in a graveyard. Nobody's entire family is murdered by a killer for hire named "Jack" and he's next on the victim list. If it weren't for his "bodyguard" Sylas, he'd already be a goner.

Under the watchful eyes of his ghost parents, Mr. and Mrs. Owens and the rest of the residents of the cemetery, Nobody lives. But Jack is alway on the look out for the one who got away. Will Jack find Owen and finish the job he started? Can Sylas keep protecting Nobody? Will Owen ever be able to leave the cemetery alone?
Find out when you  read "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman.

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I, Alex Cross by James Patterson

Grade Level - 9-12 AD

Alex Cross is a DC cop, turn retired FBI agent, turned DC cop again. For those who have not read the books, the characters in this series are Detective Alex Cross, his grandmother Nana Mama, his 3 children Damon, Janelle (Jannie), and Alex Jr., his police officer girlfriend Brianna (Bri) Stone, and best friend (also a DC police officer) John Sampson.

This book begins with the grusome killing of Cross's niece. As Cross investigates her murder, more people go missing and evidence connecting the cases begins to mount.
During the mayhem, a Cross family member suffers a medical crisis and her life hangs in the balance.

Alex's search for the killer leads him to many unexpected places, even the White House.
Almost forgotten in this work is Cross's ex-best friend, former FBI agent Kyle Craig, serial killer extraordinaire, who plays a bit part near the end.

The book has lots of twists and keeps you guessing "whodunit" to the end.