Category Archives: Thriller

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Missing Dead Girls by Sara Walters

Missing Dead Girls by Sara Walters. SourceBooks Fire, 2023. 9781728234137 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback Genre:  Thriller What did you like about the book? Sara Walters is a young writer but it … Continue reading

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Back in the U.S.S.R. by Patrick D. Joyce

Back in the USSR by Patrick D. Joyce. Spy Pond Press, 2022. 9798986169910 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: ARC (publication date 11/9/22) Genre: Thriller, historical fiction What did you like about the book? … Continue reading

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Retro by Sofía Lapuente and Jarrod Shusterman

Retro by Sofía Lapuente and Jarrod Shusterman. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2023. 9781665902755 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Thriller What did you like about the book? A thriller set … Continue reading

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What’s Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla

            What’s Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla. Soho Press, 2022. 9781641293365  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre:  Mystery/Thriller/Realistic Fiction What did you like about the book? Dominican American Min (Minerva) lives … Continue reading

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Friends Like These by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Friends Like These by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez. Delacorte Press, 2022. 9780593309681 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Realistic Fiction What did you like about the book? Jake and Jess are a couple, … Continue reading

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Undercover Latina by by Aya De León

Undercover Latina by Aya De León. Candlewick Press, 2022. 9781536223743 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Hardcover Genre: Thriller/adventure What did you like about the book?  Andréa’s wise to her parents’ jobs as undercover … Continue reading

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Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards

            Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards. Sourcebooks Fire, 2023. 9781728215815  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Paperback ARC (May 2023) Genre: Mystery/Thriller What did you like about the book? 18-year-old Jo is … Continue reading

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Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt

Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt. Peachtree Teen, 2022. 9781682634660 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review):  4 Format: Hardcover  Genre: Thriller What did you like about the book?  Aces Wild is what it says on … Continue reading

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The Squirrels Have Gone Nuts by Joe McGee, illustrated by Teo Skaffa

The Squirrels Have Gone Nuts (Night Frights, #4) by Joe McGee, illustrated by Teo Skaffa. Aladdin, 2022. 9781534480988 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Animal fiction/thriller What did you like about the … Continue reading

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Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe

Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe, Harper Teen, 2022. 978-0063051737 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction/ Thriller What did you like about the book? At 16, Sayers Wayte has pretty … Continue reading

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