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The Hatmakers

2022
"When Cordelia Hatmaker's beloved father fails to return from a sea voyage, she is determined not only to find him, but to discover who is using magic to start a war--and why"--OCLC.

Missing

2023
"Singer Roxy Raines vanished from the tiny resort of Sandown thirty years ago, and now seventeen-year-old Mona Perry is on the hunt for answers. The island's locals refuse to talk about it, dismissing Roxy as a teenage runaway. But Mona can't let it go--her favorite singer deserves justice, and Mona will stop at nothing to share her findings on her crime podcast. The only problem is, she just has this one hot summer to get to the bottom of Roxy's disappearance, and the islanders don't want to give up their secrets. As Mona gets drawn deeper into the strange goings-on in this isolated community, she soon realizes that nothing is as it seems--least of all her own past and the secrets behind Roxy's disappearance that hit a little too close to home"--Provided by publisher.

The house across the lake

a novel
2022
"The new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager in which a recently fired Broadway star flees to a remote Vermont lake house, only to find out that the area has a history of missing women"--Provided by publisher.

I kissed Shara Wheeler

a novel
After seventeen-year-olds Chole and Shara, Chole's rival for valedictorian, kiss, Shara vanishes leaving Chole and two boys, who are also enamored with Shara, to follow the trail of clues she left behind, but during the search, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to Shara and her small Alabama town than she thought.

A duck called Brian

Out of breakfast food, Brian the duck goes hunting for his best friend Gregory, and although there are plenty of other ducks around doing strange and potentially interesting things, Gregory is nowhere to be found.

What we buried

2022
Liv was groomed for a life in the spotlight, while her older brother Jory, born with a partial facial paralysis, was left in the shadows. The only thing they have in common is contempt for their parents. Their parents mysteriously vanish, and the siblings are forced to work together.

The Area 51 files

When Sky Patel-Baum is sent to live with her mysterious uncle, she never imagines she'll end up in Area 51, a top-secret military base. Sky feels like she's landed in a whole new world, even though she hasn't left the planet. Because guess what? Area 51 is full of aliens. Lots and lots of aliens. But something even stranger is happening in Area 51--aliens are going missing. Where could they be? How come everyone thinks sky and her uncle are involved in their disappearance? And why are there eyeballs in the macaroni and cheese at Area 51 Middle School? Sky must team up with her pizza-obsessed pet hedgehog, Spike, her otherworldly next-door neighbor, Elvis, and his fluffy pup, Pickles, to solve the case!.

Over my dead body

While searching for her missing mentee Noreen at the Younwity Hidden Institute of Witchcraft, Abby discovers Noreen's disappearance is connected to another girl who went missing years earlier, which places her own life in danger.

Yonder

"Danny Timmons has looked up to Jack Bailey ever since Jack saved two small children from drowning during the Great Flood of 1940. Now, with his father away fighting in World War II and his mother about to have a new baby, Danny relies on Jack's friendship and guidance more than ever. So when Jack goes missing without a trace from their small Appalachian town, Danny is determined to find him. He wonders if Jack's abusive father could be behind his disappearance, or if it has anything to do with Yonder--a hidden magical town Jack once spoke of, where flocks of rainbow birds fly through the sky and they've never heard of war. As answers elude him, Danny begins to fear that he didn't know Jack as well as he thought"--Provided by publisher.

Ghost hunter's daughter

"Claire doesn't believe in ghosts, even though her dad is a ghost hunter on TV. But then her dad disappears. And a strange boy in her class, Lucas, knows something about ghosts. One of them has a message for her: Her dad has been taken, and he's in grave danger. Together, Claire and Lucas set out for the town of Hush Falls, where her dad was last seen. Legend says that a tall man in a dark tattered coat lurks near the reservoir in town, and anyone who gets too lose to old Lemuel Hush is never heard from again. Claire and Lucas are determined to rescue Claire's father. But how can they save him from the ghost of Hush when everyone knows that seeing him means that you're destined to die..."--Jacket flap.

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