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Gr 9 Up—From the very first page of this novel, readers know that Lo is a girl with issues. While exploring a crime-ridden neighborhood on the outskirts of Cleveland, she steals an angel statue on impulse and hears a gunshot as she runs away. The next morning, she's back in her comfortable suburban home when she hears that a young woman was murdered right where she'd been the day before. An interest in finding out about the vict...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Driven by compulsions and unhappy at home, sixteen-year-old Penelope feels compelled to investigate both the murder of a you...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Intriguing and suspenseful from the first page; quickly expanding in scope, the story builds tension as the protagonists infiltrate a strip club and try to stop a crime boss from killing again. Lo’s struggle to maintain order—internally and externally—and her idiosyncratic voice make her a me...Log In or Sign Up to Read More