Rachel Baack

Summary: In this reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice, seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Bennet dreams of one day becoming a barrister. The only problem is that women, while not being explicitly prohibited from arguing in court (within the world of the book), are generally seen as unfit for the job. In pursuit of her seemingly impossible dream, Lizzie sets out to solve a case and prove to her father, who has his own law firm, that she has what it takes to work for him. The case she takes on, however, proves to be more challenging and complicated than she might have hoped: Charles Bingley, owner of Netherfield Shipping Co., has been accused of a murder that has no other suspects, and he has hired as his solicitor Mr. Darcy, who is not exactly keen on having Lizzie consult on the case.

Summary: In this exciting series, Aiden and Meg Falconer escape from a juvenile detention center, where they have been held because the government has nowhere else to place them after their parents’ imprisonment. The two kids dodge the authorities and others who want to harm them while attempting to clear their parents’ names.

Summary: When a man is murdered in his own home, a retired private detective, accompanied by his new sidekick and the book’s narrator, Dr. Sheppard, untangles a web of clues to discover who among the man’s associates is responsible.

Summary: After suffering rape and becoming pregnant at the hands of her father, Grace Mae ends up in a horrifying 1800s insane asylum. Soon, however, she is recognized for her intelligence and powers of observation, and a visiting doctor takes moves her to a more ethical asylum in Ohio, where she must feign muteness in order to become the doctor’s assistant and help him solve a series of murders.

Summary: Four teenagers receive a threatening note that reads, “I know what you did last summer.” These teens have a dark secret that they thought only they knew, but now, they realize that they have been found out. They don’t know who the note-writer is or what he or she is planning to do with the information. All they can do is wait and prepare for the worst.

Summary: April, a star tennis player at her high school, has her world turned upside down when her family has to go into the Witness Protection Program. April responds with annoyance, but she may be in more danger than she realizes.

Summary: Ten strangers are invited to an island under various assumptions as to the purpose of their visit. They soon find out that they were all mistaken and that they are in grave danger.

Summary: In this prequel to The Hunger Games series, readers gain insight into the youth and mind of Coriolanus Snow, who would later become the tyrannical president of Panem. At seventeen, Coriolanus has lost both of his parents and most of his family's wealth, and he is fighting to maintain an air of respectability in an attempt to gain power and influence in his society. When he becomes one of the first group of mentors in the Capitol's Hunger Games, he sees his opportunity to prove himself. He is disappointed at first to be assigned to mentor the girl from District 12, Lucy Gray Baird, but he soon realizes that he may just be able to leverage her charisma to help her win the games and, in turn, win himself fame and glory.