The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart

Title: The Words We Keep
Author: Erin Stewart
Genre: Young Adult; Realistic Fiction

Lily is still trying to process her own feelings and reactions after finding her sister, Alice, in the bathroom hurting herself three months ago. Lily has refused to go and visit Alice while she received treatment and is startled when she is told that Alice is coming home. Struggling to keep everything together and to maintain her façade of reaching perfection in all that she does (academics, track, taking care of her little sister), Lily feels like she can't tell anyone how she really feels. This is even trickier when a new student, Micah, enters school and starts talking about his time in the same treatment center as Alice, and Lily panics that her classmates might learn that Alice hasn't been in college this year.

Unwillingly partnered with Micah when her creative writing class combines with an art class for a project that just might give Lily a chance to get a scholarship for her dream college, Lily is confronted with complete writer's block. Micah promises to help her overcome her trouble writing, and Lily begins to share her true feelings all over school under the cloak of anonymity. Join Lily as she discovers the true power that embracing - and sharing - our words and facing the truth of our own emotions.

- Katrina

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Shady Hollow (A Shady Hollow Mystery #1) by Juneau Black

Title: Shady Hollow
Author: Juneau Black
Genre: Cozy Mystery

This is the first book in the Shady Hollow series Shady Hollow is a forestland where creatures of all kinds live together peacefully. The slow, lazy town is shaken up when a grumpy toad is murdered, and newcomer reporter, Vera Vixen, must solve the case. As the mystery becomes more complex and confusing, Vera realizes she is running out of time before the killer will strike again. Check out this delightful and enchanting cozy mystery right here at the library!

- Julia

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In Nightfall by Suzanne Young

Title: In Nightfall
Author: Suzanne Young
Genre: Young Adult; Supernatural

Theo and her brother Marco are trying to cope with a lot. Their mom has moved in with her boyfriend and his family, and there's not enough space for them in the house. Their father has decided to bring them with on his visit back to his hometown and his mother for the summer. Theo has never met her grandmother, and she doesn't know what to expect, but to say she is unhappy about spending the summer away from her friends and her everyday life is an understatement. Her grandmother's greeting as they arrive includes a warning to always be home before dark. As teens, Theo and Marco are quick to ignore this warning as being over-protective. But there is a group of girls that everyone seems to know in this small town, and who have a bit more power over the boys that are around them.

Compared to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Lost Boys, this story has enough secrets and scary monsters to keep you guessing all the way through. The real question, though, that no one in town seems to be asking - will Theo still have a chance to return home at the end of the summer?

- Katrina

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Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Title: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

Author: Jesse Q. Sutanto

Genre: Mystery

Vera Wong owns a tea shop in San Francisco's Chinatown. She experiences little excitement in her daily life until the morning she finds a man dead in her shop. Unimpressed by the police who fail to sip the lovely tea she prepared for them, she decides to solve the mystery herself. After all, she has seen plenty of episodes of CSI. Shortly after the body appears, several newcomers arrive, and Vera determines they must be her prime suspects. As she gets closer to them, though, can she really believe one of them could be responsible for a man's death? This charming, funny tale will have you dialing your favorite auntie by the end.

- Sarah

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