secrecy

"Jack's allergy to sunshine confines him to the shadows, leaving him lonely and at risk of life-threatening burns every time he steps into the light. Shadow jumping on the rooftops at dusk makes him feel alive. And free. But Jack's condition is suddenly worse than ever and only his missing scientist dad can save him. As Jack and his new friend, Beth, begin their frantic search and delve into his dad's past for clues, they have no idea what they are about to uncover. Shocking rumours and dark secrets bombard them at every turn. Shadow jumping takes courage. But when it comes to the truth, will Jack be brave enough to face it?"--OCLC.

Finding a mysterious letter from her late Grandpa, Dally is led straight to a library of secrets where each book is a portal to a precise moment in time, and she must find the courage to write her own life story as she "checks out" adventure after adventure.

"Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet--until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. When Samira turns to a poetry forum for solace, she catches the eye of an older, charismatic poet named Horus. For the first time, Samira feels wanted. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before--one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her place in her community"--Provided by publisher.

In 1955, Calvin's family relocates from Chicago to the all-white suburbs of Levittown, Pennsylvania, where they must pass for white to survive, but when Calvin begins to uncover dark secrets about the town and its inhabitants, he puts his family and their new home at risk.

In 1914 England, eighteen-year-old American Clara lies about her age and citizenship--claiming to be twenty-one and Canadian--to land a coveted spot on an Antarctic expedition, but when the crew is marooned on an ice floe, Clara's mission to advance the women's suffrage movement takes a back seat to survival.

Discovered practicing alchemy by apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash must help her find a sacred text of extraordinary power -- a journey that forces him to discover his own definition of true power and how far he will go to seize it.

"When Jo-Lynn Kirby's former best friend--pretty, nice Maddie Price--comes to her claiming to be in trouble, Jo assumes it's some kind of joke. After all, Jo has been an outcast ever since her nude photos were leaked--and since everyone decided she deserved it. There's no way Maddie would actually come to her for help. But then Maddie is gone. Everyone is quick to write off Maddie as a runaway, but Jo can't shake the feeling there's more to the story. To find out the truth, Jo needs to get back in with the people who left her behind, and the only way back in is through Hudson Harper-Moore. An old fling of Jo's with his own reasons for wanting to find Maddie, Hudson hatches a fake dating scheme to get Jo back into their clique. But being back on the inside means Jo must confront everything she'd rather forget: the boys who betrayed her, the whispers that she had it coming, and the secrets that tore her and Maddie apart. As Jo digs deeper into Maddie's disappearance, she's left to wonder who she's really searching for: Maddie, or the girl she used to be"--Provided by publisher.

A freshman at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Nasrin is seemingly living her dream, except her parents think she is attending business school and it gets harder and harder to keep lying to them, especially after they surprise her in New York.

"American girl turned monarchy nightmare, Evan Bright, has gotten used to the press about her but the media attention has only seemed to get worse. From desperate clickbait articles about her and the President's son to Royal Record headlines pitting her against Princess Maisie, it seems everyone is dying for Evan to return back to America for good. Meanwhile Evan is receiving mysterious threats about her real story being reveiled in a tell-all biography. When more information is leaked about Evan, she fears she will always be Britain's media villain. But the threats escalate when there is an attempted assassination with no suspects . . . and Evan believes the person is in the palace's walls. They say what doesn't kill you will make you stronger . . . but what if it's the royal family who wants you dead?"--Provided by publisher.

"While at a private beach lodge with her popular classmates, an anonymous letter leads to murder. Eva places her trust in Colton and together they uncover secrets that upend everything they thought they knew about their fellow spring breakers"--Provided by publisher.