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An all-day scavenger hunt in the name of eternal small-town glory With only a week until graduation, there''s one last thing Mary and her friends must do together: participate in the Oyster Point High Official Unofficial Senior Week Scavenger Hunt. And Mary is determined to win. Mary lost her spot at Georgetown to self-professed "it" bully Jake Barbone, and she''s not about to lose again. But everyone is racing for the finish line with complicated motives, and the team''s all-night adventure becomes all-night drama as shifting alliances, flared tempers, and crushing crushes take over. As the items and points pile up, Mary and her team must reinvent their strategy--and themselves--in order to win.

Eleven years ago, six five-year-olds went missing without a trace. After all this time, the people left behind have moved on, or tried to.Until today. Now five of those kids are back. They''re sixteen, and they are ... fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mother she barely recognises, and doesn''t really know who she''s supposed to be, either. But she remembers Lucas. Lucas remembers Scarlett, too, but they can''t recall where they''ve been or what happened to them. Neither of them remember the sixth victim, Max. He doesn''t come back and everyone wants answers. Addictive and unforgettable, The Leaving seethes with rich characters, tense storytelling and high stakes.

What if ... no one knows the truth about you? It's been thirteen years since Kaylee's infamous birth mother, Crystal, received a life sentence for killing Kaylee's little brother in a fit of rage. Once the centre of a cult-following for her apparent telekinetic powers, nowadays nobody's heard of Crystal. Until now, when a reporter shows up at Kaylee’s house and turns her life upside down, offering Kaylee the chance to be part of a high-profile podcast investigating claims that Crystal truly did have supernatural mind powers. But these questions lead to disturbing answers as Kaylee is forced to examine her own increasingly strange life, and make sense of certain dark and troubling coincidences …Unusual and gripping, The Possible will twist the reader round and round as it hurtles towards a sensational climax. For lovers of We Were Liars, Patrick Ness and Derren Brown.

Another twisty psychological suspense from the author of The Leaving, where a teen searches for answers about her mother''s dark history, telekinesis, and the power of will.What if . . . a teenage girl could move objects with her mind?What if . . . someone turns up at her door asking questions she doesn''t want to answer?Kaylee lives a normal life with her adoptive parents, and almost never thinks of her birth mother, Crystal, who is serving a life sentence in prison. But the woman at the front door is producing a podcast about Crystal that is about to blow Kaylee''s forgotten past wide open. What if strange things have been happening Kaylee''s entire life, things she could not explain? What if she''s more like her mother than she ever imagined?What if the podcast is about to put her on a collision course with Crystal-and her darkest self?This gripping psychological thriller from the author of The Leaving explores the strength of our minds, the power of will, and how our histories define us . . . or not.

Two acclaimed young adult authors join forces for a novel about growing up, leaving home, and that one fateful email that assigns . . . your college roommate.The countdown to university has begun... When Elizabeth receives her first-year roommate assignment at the beginning of summer, she shoots off an email to coordinate the basics: TV, microwave, mini-fridge. She can't wait to escape her New Jersey beach town - and her mum - and start life afresh in California.That first note to Lauren in San Francisco comes as a surprise; she had requested a single. But if Lauren's learned anything from being the oldest of six, it's that you don't always get what you want, especially when what you want is privacy.Soon the girls are emailing back and forth, sharing secrets even though they've never met. With family relationships and childhood friendships strained by change, it suddenly seems that the only people Elizabeth and Lauren can rely on are the complicated new boys in their lives ... and each other.

"A taut, evocative thriller that''s surprising to the last page." --Karen M. McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying There''s no hiding on a cruise ship--not even from yourself. Natalie''s parents are taking her and her three best friends on a cruise for her seventeenth birthday. A sail-a-bration, they call it. But it''s only been a few short months since Natalie''s boyfriend died in a tragic accident, and she wants to be anywhere but here. Then she meets a guy on the first night and sparks fly. After a moonlit conversation on a secluded deck of the ship, Natalie pops down to her cabin to get her swimsuit so they can go for a dip. But when she returns, he''s gone. Something he said makes her think he might have . . . jumped? No, he couldn''t have. But why do her friends think she''s crazy for wanting to make sure he''s okay? Also, why do they seem to be hiding something from her? And how can she find him when she doesn''t even know his name? Most importantly, why is the captain on the intercom announcing the urgent need for a headcount? With her signature thrilling storytelling, the author of The Leaving and The Possible explores our vulnerability to the power of suggestion--and the lies we tell others and ourselves--in a twisting, Hitchcock-inspired mystery with high stakes and dark secrets.

A tense tech and AI thriller that challenges our trust in the electronic devices we keep close, from the acclaimed author of The Leaving.Eden, Eli, Marwan, and Ilanka barely know each other beyond having a class or two together. But when they are all summoned via messaging app to an empty classroom after school, they find a small cube sitting on a desk. Its sides light up with rules for them: Do not tell anyone about the device. Never leave the device unattended.And then, Take me with you . . . or else.At first they think it''s some kind of prank or a social experiment orchestrated by the school administration. Still, they follow the cube''s instructions. But the device seems increasingly invested in the private details of their lives. It wants to know things. And disobeying its rules has scary--even life-threatening--consequences . . .This timely thriller with an AI, sci-fi twist probes our dependence on personal technology and challenges the notion that our devices are keeping us connected. The truth may very well be the opposite.