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2018., Adolescent, Quercus Call No: Realistic FIC O'Neill Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Eighteen-year-old Emma O'Donovan goes to a big party and the next day her parents find her dumped on the doorstep of their home, unconscious, bleeding, disoriented, and remembering nothing from the night before. However, photos are soon posted online that show Emma's rape by four young men. The media arrives, the police investigate, the town chooses sides, and Emma's life changes forever.
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c2004., Soho Press Call No: 823 .92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: London Private investigator Maisie Dobbs is hoping for some relaxation after a busy year, but in the early spring of 1930, Maisie is summoned to Dulwich to find a runaway heiress whose disappearance seems to be linked to the Great War.
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[2019]., Annick Press Call No: B Ahmed Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author shares her personal experiences after being kidnapped by ISIS at the age of eighteen. Sold to an American-born ISIS general, she finds a way to escape and share the truth of what is happening to Yazidi women at the hands of ISIS.
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By Tate, Polo2018., Feiwel and Friends Call No: B Tate Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Author Polo Tate offers a memoir that describes how she worked hard to become a proud member of the U.S. Air Force at age eighteen, but almost didn't survive the sexual, physical, and emotional abuse that pervaded the institution. Tate recalls the events that broke her down, and her long road to recovery.
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2021., Random House Call No: Mystery Fic Anappara Edition: 2021 Random House trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When one of his classmates goes missing, nine-year-old Jai--living in a poor district in India at the end of the Purple metro line--decides to put his detective skills, learned from TV, to the test, and heads out into the too-crowded city with his classmates Pari--who gets the best grades--and Faiz--who has a real job--to find where their classmate went. What begins as more or less a game become serious when they find other children have started disappearing from their neighborhood, and the police seem indifferent about the horrific stories of soul-snatching djinns lurking abroad.
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2018., Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: 973.7 Fre Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Examines the status of the U.S. Congress in the decades leading up to the U.S. Civil War, arguing that while some feel like today's politics are hyperpolarized they are still nothing compared to those days--explores stories of congressmen who routinely made threats, flipped desks, some brandished pistols and knives, and one even killed another in a duel over issues as contentious as the legal status of slavery. Newspapers and reporters were no different, publishing outlandish conspiracy theories.
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-- 5 midnightsÃ2019., Adolescent, Tor Teen Call No: SUSPENSE FIC CAR Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Lupe Dávila and Javier Utierre try to solve a series of grisly murders sweeping through Puerto Rico before the killer catches up with them"--OCLC.
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c2009., Mason Crest Publishers Call No: Guide 362.88 Sim Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: SurvivorsSummary Note: Gives information about the horrible events that occur because of gender in the lives of men and women all over the world. Discusses crimes such as rape, human trafficking, and honor killings; as well rituals such as footbinding and genital mutilation. Includes color photographs, survivor tales, and sources of additional information.
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By Crowe, Chrisc2003., Phyllis Fogelman Books Call No: HI-INT 364.15 CRO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.
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c2012., Crown Publishers Call No: Mystery FIC Flynn Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic, Mystery Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Nick and Amy Dunne's fifth wedding anniversary starts off fairly smooth, with a McMansion rented on the Mississippi and their gifts wrapped and ready. Then, beautiful Amy disappears, and Nick, though adamant about his innocence, is under suspicion of murder.
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2021., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books Call No: Mystery Fic Jackson Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After being singled out by legendary R&B artist Korey Fields, Enchanted Jones believes her life is made. Soon she realizes that Korey has a dark and controlling side and when he turns up murdered, Enchanted is the obvious suspect.
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[2017]., Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: MEMOIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "[Presents the] story of Sandra Uwiringiyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre, immigrated to America, and overcame her trauma through art and activism"--Amazon.
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[2017]., Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: Social Issues NF UWI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "[Presents the] story of Sandra Uwiringiyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre, immigrated to America, and overcame her trauma through art and activism"--Amazon.
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By Grann, David2018., Vintage Books Call No: Mystery 976.6 Gra Edition: First Vintage Books edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Explores the numerous murders of members of the Osage Indian Tribe in Oklahoma during the 1920s after they became rich due to the oil found on their land. Describes how the FBI badly hurt the case and what they did to try and find the killers.
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2016., Juvenile, Rosen Publishing Call No: Guide 362.82 La Bella Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Confronting violence against women.Summary Note: Decribes what happens in a violent household, the causes and effects of violence, and one's legal protections and rights. Includes personal stories, color photographs, organizations to contact, a glossary, and further resources.
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2010, c2009., Adolescent, Square Fish Call No: Science Fiction Edition: 1st Square Fish ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When fourteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, he becomes an inmate in the Furnace Penitentiary, where brutal inmates and sadistic guards reign, boys who disappear in the middle of the night sometimes return weirdly altered, and escape might just be possible.
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2010, c2009., Adolescent, Square Fish Call No: HORROR Edition: 1st Square Fish ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When fourteen-year-old Alex is framed for murder, he becomes an inmate in the Furnace Penitentiary, where brutal inmates and sadistic guards reign, boys who disappear in the middle of the night sometimes return weirdly altered, and escape might just be possible.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Inkyard Press Call No: Realistic Fic Moulite Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When Kezi Smith loses her life after an encounter with police at a Black Lives Matter protest, her sister Happi questions the media's portrayal of a sister she was never really close to. Pressed by her older sister and other friends, Happi joins a road trip along Route 66 to commemorate the memory of her sister, stopping at historical black safe houses noted in the "Negro Motorist Green Book." The journey prompts Happi and the other women to grieve, ponder personal ways to remember Kezi, and reflect on the scope and history of racial injustice.
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c2012., Juvenile, Smart Apple Media Call No: 364.15 And Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Inside crimeSummary Note: Explores the rise of human trafficking, discussing how this crime is carried out all over the world. Outlines techniques law enforcement agencies use to capture human traffickers and includes color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.
