The New Girl
Guided by her rules, nine-year-old Allie works to get past being just the new girl at school, eagerly awaits the arrival of her kitten, and faces turmoil when her grandmother visits while the family is still settling into their new home.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 92
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: bullying, grandmothers [X], rules (philosophy), moving, household, best friends, fund raising, contests, middle school students, schools, murder [X], high school students, man-woman relationships, horror stories, homicide, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, north carolina, sisters, school stories [X], radio and television novels
Pretty Dead Queens
Not long after seventeen-year-old Cecelia Ellis arrives to live with her estranged grandmother in a coastal California town, the high school homecoming queen is found dead and Cecelia, fearing a copycat killer is on the loose, throws herself into the investigation.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder [X], grandmothers [X], high schools, schools, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, homicide, school stories [X], mystery fiction, detective and mystery fiction