secrecy

In a postapocalyptic world, sixteen-year-old Saint Amity joins a coven and sets out on a quest to summon the Devil in order to protect her village, which is controlled by group of pious elders.

"A hidden twin princess whose role in life is to secretly take her sister's place when danger threatens, Meren is kidnapped by a Shadowraith who mistakes her for her sister, the new queen, and the only way to save them all from the looming darkness is to kill the evil king Eidolon"--Provided by publisher.

"London, 1893: high up in a house on a dark, snowy night, a lone seamstress stands by a window. The story of a city cloaked in shadow, but burning with questions: why does the seamstress jump from the window? Why is a cryptic message stitched into her skin? And how is she connected to a rash of missing girls, all of whom seem to have disappeared under similar circumstances? On the case is Inspector Cutter, a detective as sharp and committed to his work as he is wryly hilarious. Gideon Bliss, a Cambridge dropout in love with one of the missing girls, stumbles into a role as Cutter's sidekick. And clever young journalist Octavia Hillingdon sees the case as a chance to tell a story that matters--despite her employer's preference that she stick toa women's society column. As Inspector Cutter peels back the mystery layer by layer, he leads them all, at last, to the secrets that lie hidden at the house on Vesper Sands"--Provided by publisher.

Illustrations and rhyming text describe some of Santa's silly secrets.

"It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help a Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom; the boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding--and by the racism and homophobia of those around them"--Provided by publisher.

"When twelve-year-old Lyndie and her parents must move to her grandparents' home in small-town Tennessee in 1985, having to keep all family problems private only adds to their problems"--Provided by publisher.

"Four friends celebrate a birthday in a luxury hotel. But what starts as a fun weekend quickly turns into an outright nightmare. They receive messages at the door of their room, revealing more and more about what exactly happened a year ago. What the messenger wants is clear: revenge"--Provided by publisher.

Humphrey, the pet hamster of Longfelow School's Room 26, learns that his classroom is full of secrets, the most important of which is that a student will be leaving soon.

Emmie has had a crush on her best friend's brother, Deacon, for years and although he is the town bad boy she is sure he is innocent of a violent assault on his father except for one thing--his own sister believes Deacon is guilty.

Erin, Mateo, and Noel sneak into Area 51 during a flash-mob raid on the infamous location, and once inside the base, they are pursued by a being of pure energy that may hold the answers to all of their questions.