Mystery/Suspense/Adventure

Jacket	Title/Author	Annotation	Grade Level*
	Last Man Standing by David Baldacci	An FBI Hostage Rescue Team member is caught up in a psychological thriller involving inner-city drug lords, a horse farm, and a small boy that he is compelled to rescue from his captors.	11-12
	Tell No One by Harlan Coben	An e-mail from his dead wife catapults David Beck into a world where he must work alone to discover what really happened on his anniversary night eight years ago.	11-12
	Phoning a Dead Man by Gillian Cross	Seeking the truth about her brother’s “accidental” death, Haley Cox travels to Russia with his fiancé. A cell phone may hold the key to the answer.	9-12
	Overboard by Elizabeth Fama	Inspired by an actual incident, this gripping story shows how fourteen-year-old Emily escapes the horror and chaos of a sinking ferry and, without a life jacket, battles to save herself and a young Islamic Indonesian boy from the dangers of the open sea.	9-12
	Life of Pi by Yann Martel	After his ship capsizes in the ocean, sixteen-year-old Pi, a teenager from India, finds to his horror he is alone on a lifeboat with a 450-pound tiger.	10-12
	Echo by Kate Morgenroth	Justin witnesses his brother's accidental death. A year later we find Justin's life completely different - his friends have changed, his attitude is bad, and his relationship with his parents is different. The most bizarre thing is he seems to be reliving the same day over and over, but the outcome does not change or improve. Is it possible he could be responsible for the death of two people?	9-12
	Set in Stone by Linda Newbery	In Victorian England, a young artist begins tutoring a wealthy man’s daughters and is soon pulled into a mystery of family deceptions.	9-12
	My Life and Death by Alexandra Canarsie by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe	After moving to her mother’s childhood home, fifteen-year-old Allie begins attending the funerals of strangers, makes a new friend, and stumbles onto a mystery that only she can solve.	9-12
	Fatal by Michael Palmer	Medical doctor Matt Rutledge, pathologist Nikki Solari, and civilian Ellen Kroft work together to expose the connection behind the gross skin abnormalities, toxic chemical dumping, and a new super-vaccine soon to be approved for the public.	11-12
	Desperate Measures by Kate Wilhelm	A female principal and a brilliant but disfigured teen are suspects in the murder of a stern religious neighbor.	11-12
*Grade level suggestions are based on professional review sources. Some books contain mature themes. Please discuss reading selections as a family.

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