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The unfinished / Cheryl Isaacs.
Isaacs, Cheryl,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Isa Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063287389
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Heartdrum, 2024.
Target Audience: 5.1. 9-12.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader UG 5.1 13.0
In the small town of Crook's Falls, high school athlete Avery Ray has an eerie and terrifying experience while running in the woods one day: She sees an ominous black pond of water that seems to be calling out to her and luring her to it. Barely surviving the incident, she tries to put it behind her, but strange visions continue to plague her. When people begin disappearing, Avery suspects a connection that she doesn't take seriously until her best friend and crush Key goes missing. Distanced from her Mohawk culture, she nevertheless hears the indigenous story of the Ragged Man, and decides to seek counsel from tribal elders who warn her to protect herself and the town by staying away from him. However, Avery is not willing to give up on Key, and delves into the mystery of the Ragged Man, hoping to break his curse and save her friend.
Isaacs, Cheryl,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Isa Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063287389
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Heartdrum, 2024.
Target Audience: 5.1. 9-12.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader UG 5.1 13.0
In the small town of Crook's Falls, high school athlete Avery Ray has an eerie and terrifying experience while running in the woods one day: She sees an ominous black pond of water that seems to be calling out to her and luring her to it. Barely surviving the incident, she tries to put it behind her, but strange visions continue to plague her. When people begin disappearing, Avery suspects a connection that she doesn't take seriously until her best friend and crush Key goes missing. Distanced from her Mohawk culture, she nevertheless hears the indigenous story of the Ragged Man, and decides to seek counsel from tribal elders who warn her to protect herself and the town by staying away from him. However, Avery is not willing to give up on Key, and delves into the mystery of the Ragged Man, hoping to break his curse and save her friend.
They bloom at night / Trang Thanh Tran.
Tran, Trang Thanh,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Tra Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781547611119
Pub. Info: New York : Bloomsbury, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Mercy, Louisiana, hasn't been the same since a devastating hurricane hit the town nearly two years ago, and a mysterious red algae bloom has begun to spread throughout the submerged town. Seventeen-year-old Noon and her mother make a living searching for the mutated wildlife that lurks in the water and trading it to the corrupt harbormaster, but when people start disappearing, the harbormaster orders Noon to capture the creature that he believes is responsible. With the help of his daughter, Covey, Noon begins to investigate and uncovers the shocking truth about what's overtaken Mercy. Noon is soon forced to confront the traumatic night that turned her life upside down as she battles to reconcile the changes happening within her body.
Tran, Trang Thanh,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Tra Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781547611119
Pub. Info: New York : Bloomsbury, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Mercy, Louisiana, hasn't been the same since a devastating hurricane hit the town nearly two years ago, and a mysterious red algae bloom has begun to spread throughout the submerged town. Seventeen-year-old Noon and her mother make a living searching for the mutated wildlife that lurks in the water and trading it to the corrupt harbormaster, but when people start disappearing, the harbormaster orders Noon to capture the creature that he believes is responsible. With the help of his daughter, Covey, Noon begins to investigate and uncovers the shocking truth about what's overtaken Mercy. Noon is soon forced to confront the traumatic night that turned her life upside down as she battles to reconcile the changes happening within her body.
Portrait of a shadow / Meriam Metoui.
Metoui, Meriam,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Met Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250863270
Pub. Info: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024.
Target Audience: 9-12. HL 800 Lexile.
Though her parents have moved on, eighteen-year-old Mae Mansour still believes her disappeared older sister Inez is still alive and she's determined to find out where she is. Taking a road trip to clean out Inez's apartment, Mae meets Inez's neighbor Dev who offers his help. When they both discover a mysterious painting, they follow its clues and uncover a paranormal mystery spanning decades.
Metoui, Meriam,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Met Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781250863270
Pub. Info: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024.
Target Audience: 9-12. HL 800 Lexile.
Though her parents have moved on, eighteen-year-old Mae Mansour still believes her disappeared older sister Inez is still alive and she's determined to find out where she is. Taking a road trip to clean out Inez's apartment, Mae meets Inez's neighbor Dev who offers his help. When they both discover a mysterious painting, they follow its clues and uncover a paranormal mystery spanning decades.
Piper at the gates of dusk / Patrick Ness.
Ness, Patrick,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Nes Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781536248302
Pub. Info: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2026.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Twenty years after the war on New World, brothers Ben and Max grow up on Todd and Viola's farm near a human settlement where an uneasy truce exists with the indigenous Spackle aliens. When young people begin suffering terrifying Noise infections that broadcast their worst thoughts and children start disappearing, Ben and Max follow separate paths to investigate rumors involving the Spackle and a mysterious object approaching from space. Alternating perspectives follow the brothers through kidnappings, propaganda, fear-driven violence, and conflicts over trust, identity, and survival on the planet humans colonized.
Ness, Patrick,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Nes Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781536248302
Pub. Info: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2026.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Twenty years after the war on New World, brothers Ben and Max grow up on Todd and Viola's farm near a human settlement where an uneasy truce exists with the indigenous Spackle aliens. When young people begin suffering terrifying Noise infections that broadcast their worst thoughts and children start disappearing, Ben and Max follow separate paths to investigate rumors involving the Spackle and a mysterious object approaching from space. Alternating perspectives follow the brothers through kidnappings, propaganda, fear-driven violence, and conflicts over trust, identity, and survival on the planet humans colonized.
The others / Cheryl Isaacs.
Isaacs, Cheryl,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Isa Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063287440
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Heartdrum, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Sequel to: The unfinished.
After saving Key from the Big Pond, all Avery wants is for her life to return to normal with Key at her side. But the more she longs for it, the more it seems out of reach, as Key seems more distant than ever, and she and others begin seeing a strange shadow reflection in mirrors and in the water of a town fountain that mysteriously refilled after being dry for years. Avery realizes the darkness isn't going away and she returns to the Big Pond to confront it and learns of her family's connections to the pond's history.
Isaacs, Cheryl,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Isa Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063287440
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Heartdrum, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Sequel to: The unfinished.
After saving Key from the Big Pond, all Avery wants is for her life to return to normal with Key at her side. But the more she longs for it, the more it seems out of reach, as Key seems more distant than ever, and she and others begin seeing a strange shadow reflection in mirrors and in the water of a town fountain that mysteriously refilled after being dry for years. Avery realizes the darkness isn't going away and she returns to the Big Pond to confront it and learns of her family's connections to the pond's history.
Looking for smoke / K.A. Cobell.
Cobell, K. A.,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Cob Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063318687
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Heartdrum, 2025.
Target Audience: 4.7. 9-12.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG+ 4.7 15.0
After moving to the Blackfeet reservation with her parents, Mara Racette immediately feels like she doesn't belong and is bullied by her tight-knit classmates for growing up far away, so when a local girl invites Mara to join in a traditional Blackfeet giveaway to honor her missing sister, she hopes it will allow her to finally make some friends. But things take a deadly turn when a girl from the giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered. When the members of the giveaway group realize they were the last to see Samantha alive, the four must work together to clear their names and discover who killed Samantha.
Cobell, K. A.,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Cob Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780063318687
Pub. Info: New York, NY : Heartdrum, 2025.
Target Audience: 4.7. 9-12.
Study Program Note: Accelerated Reader MG+ 4.7 15.0
After moving to the Blackfeet reservation with her parents, Mara Racette immediately feels like she doesn't belong and is bullied by her tight-knit classmates for growing up far away, so when a local girl invites Mara to join in a traditional Blackfeet giveaway to honor her missing sister, she hopes it will allow her to finally make some friends. But things take a deadly turn when a girl from the giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered. When the members of the giveaway group realize they were the last to see Samantha alive, the four must work together to clear their names and discover who killed Samantha.
Hello sunshine / Keezy Young.
Young, Keezy,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: GN You Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780316509572
Pub. Info: New York : LB Ink : Little, Brown and Company, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
When Alex disappears, everyone in town believes he just ran away, but his friends are certain there's something darker to his disappearance. Alex's twin brother Jamie and their friends Noah, Sky, and Izzy all feel partially to blame for Alex's disappearance, and they are consumed with guilt because they either didn't notice something was wrong, or because they did notice and didn't know what to do about it. Then, things get even more complicated when they start seeing ghostly visions, and they start to wonder if it could be connected to the demons Jamie and Alex's mother Desdemona saw before she died. As they race to uncover the truth about what happened to Alex, the teens encounter demons and ghosts in various forms.
Young, Keezy,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: GN You Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780316509572
Pub. Info: New York : LB Ink : Little, Brown and Company, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
When Alex disappears, everyone in town believes he just ran away, but his friends are certain there's something darker to his disappearance. Alex's twin brother Jamie and their friends Noah, Sky, and Izzy all feel partially to blame for Alex's disappearance, and they are consumed with guilt because they either didn't notice something was wrong, or because they did notice and didn't know what to do about it. Then, things get even more complicated when they start seeing ghostly visions, and they start to wonder if it could be connected to the demons Jamie and Alex's mother Desdemona saw before she died. As they race to uncover the truth about what happened to Alex, the teens encounter demons and ghosts in various forms.
The dark we know / Wen-Yi Lee.
Lee, Wen-Yi,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Lee Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781638932789
Pub. Info: New York : Gillian Flynn Books, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Eighteen-year-old Isadora Chang never felt at home in the small town of Slater, especially after she realized she was bisexual, so she left home two years ago in the wake of the tragic deaths of close friends Wren and Zach and never looked back. But when Isa's abusive father dies, she reluctantly agrees to come back from art school to collect the inheritance. She soon reunites with Mason, the only other surviving member of their friend group, who tells her that their friends were murdered by an evil that haunts the town. But as Isa begins to hear strange songs on the wind, and eerie artwork fills her sketchbook that she can't recall drawing, she is forced to confront her past and the fact that something is lurking the shadows of Slater's valleys, something that feeds on the pain and heartbreak of its children.
Lee, Wen-Yi,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Lee Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781638932789
Pub. Info: New York : Gillian Flynn Books, 2025.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Eighteen-year-old Isadora Chang never felt at home in the small town of Slater, especially after she realized she was bisexual, so she left home two years ago in the wake of the tragic deaths of close friends Wren and Zach and never looked back. But when Isa's abusive father dies, she reluctantly agrees to come back from art school to collect the inheritance. She soon reunites with Mason, the only other surviving member of their friend group, who tells her that their friends were murdered by an evil that haunts the town. But as Isa begins to hear strange songs on the wind, and eerie artwork fills her sketchbook that she can't recall drawing, she is forced to confront her past and the fact that something is lurking the shadows of Slater's valleys, something that feeds on the pain and heartbreak of its children.
The dark we know / Wen-Yi Lee.
Lee, Wen-Yi,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Lee Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781638930587
Pub. Info: New York : Gillian Flynn Books, 2024.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Eighteen-year-old Isadora Chang never felt at home in the small town of Slater, especially after she realized she was bisexual, so she left home two years ago in the wake of the tragic deaths of close friends Wren and Zach and never looked back. But when Isa's abusive father dies, she reluctantly agrees to come back from art school to collect the inheritance. She soon reunites with Mason, the only other surviving member of their friend group, who tells her that their friends were murdered by an evil that haunts the town. But as Isa begins to hear strange songs on the wind, and eerie artwork fills her sketchbook that she can't recall drawing, she is forced to confront her past and the fact that something is lurking the shadows of Slater's valleys, something that feeds on the pain and heartbreak of its children.
Lee, Wen-Yi,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Lee Collection: TX
ISBN: 9781638930587
Pub. Info: New York : Gillian Flynn Books, 2024.
Target Audience: 9-12.
Eighteen-year-old Isadora Chang never felt at home in the small town of Slater, especially after she realized she was bisexual, so she left home two years ago in the wake of the tragic deaths of close friends Wren and Zach and never looked back. But when Isa's abusive father dies, she reluctantly agrees to come back from art school to collect the inheritance. She soon reunites with Mason, the only other surviving member of their friend group, who tells her that their friends were murdered by an evil that haunts the town. But as Isa begins to hear strange songs on the wind, and eerie artwork fills her sketchbook that she can't recall drawing, she is forced to confront her past and the fact that something is lurking the shadows of Slater's valleys, something that feeds on the pain and heartbreak of its children.
Come out, come out / Natalie C. Parker.
Parker, Natalie C.,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Par Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780593619391
Pub. Info: New York, New York : Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024.
Target Audience: 9-12. HL 770 Lexile.
Thirteen-year-old Mallory and her friends Fern and Jaq are closeted lesbians who are afraid to come out to family and friends in their conservative community, so they escape to an abandoned house in the woods to be their true selves. However, one day Mallory doesn't come back and Fern and Jaq wake next to the woods with no memory of what happened or who they truly are. Years later, as straight high school students, Fern and Jaq return to the woods for a party and begin to have horrible memories of what happened and when Mallory's ghost appears, seeking revenge, Fern and Jaq realize they must confront their memories and the systems that erased their identities.
Parker, Natalie C.,
Branch: 0033
Call Number: F Par Collection: TX
ISBN: 9780593619391
Pub. Info: New York, New York : Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024.
Target Audience: 9-12. HL 770 Lexile.
Thirteen-year-old Mallory and her friends Fern and Jaq are closeted lesbians who are afraid to come out to family and friends in their conservative community, so they escape to an abandoned house in the woods to be their true selves. However, one day Mallory doesn't come back and Fern and Jaq wake next to the woods with no memory of what happened or who they truly are. Years later, as straight high school students, Fern and Jaq return to the woods for a party and begin to have horrible memories of what happened and when Mallory's ghost appears, seeking revenge, Fern and Jaq realize they must confront their memories and the systems that erased their identities.