Teen Crime Fiction

Miles has only been living with his musician father in New Orleans for two months when Hurricane Katrina hits - and they haven't really been getting along. But father and son must set aside their differences when they seek refuge in the crowded Superdome. What begins as a safe haven from the storm soon turns into a nightmare as the power fails and gangs of thugs compete for turf. When his father decides to rebel, Miles must make a choice that will alter their relationship - and both of their lives - forever.

Written in free verse, Hidden is a compelling tale about an unlikely friendship between two girls. Darra Monson and Wren Abbott first cross paths when Darra’s deadbeat dad is arrested for theft and kidnapping after he steals a car - unaware that Wren was sitting in the back. Years later, the girls - now teens - attend the same summer camp, and are forced to confront the fateful event that changed their lives.

On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard was lured from a bar by two young men, then savagely beaten, tied to a fence on the outskirts of Laramie, and left to die. Five days later, Lesléa Newman arrived on campus to give the keynote speech for the University of Wyoming’s Gay Awareness Week. October Mourning is Lesléa Newman’s deeply personal response to the events of that tragic day and its brutal aftermath.

La historia es la siguiente: un un hombre compra una casa un poco alejada de todo, pero ubicada cerca de ruinas que interesarían a cualquier curioso de la historia. El comprador de la casa invita a unos amigos a conocer su nuevo hogar y de paso a ver uno de esos lugares tan particulares donde los arboles están tan juntos que no dejan pasar la luz natural. Pero sucede una desgracia, cerca de "El ídolo de Astarté" uno de ellos es apuñalado y nadie puede imaginarse quién es el asesino.

Verdict : acquittée. Célia a honte d'être heureuse car qu'advient-il de votre conscience quand, à seize ans, on a été accusée d'avoir tué son petit ami ? Une vie fichue – avec l'image obsédante d'un corps étendu sur le carrelage d'une piscine vide – mais une vie à vivre.

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A true crime thriller - the first book for teens to tell the nearly unknown tale of the brazen attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln's body! The action begins in October of 1875, as Secret Service agents raid the workshop of master counterfeiter Ben Boyd. Soon after Boyd is arrested, members of his counterfeiting ring gather to discuss how to spring their ringleader. Their plan: grab Lincoln's body from its Springfield tomb, stash it in the sand dunes near Lake Michigan, and demand, as a ransom, the release of Ben Boyd - and $200,000 in cash.

Kidnapped, taken away, and held for ransom, a young boy from San Diego, CA has finally been released from a prison just across the border. Finding himself now set free from his troubled past with the Mexican cartel, but always looking over his shoulder just in case, Joseph Jimenez seeks refuge in a nearby church.

This dual-language version is part of LinguaDisco's Language Magic learning series. This English-Spanish version is for English speakers desiring to gain fluency in Spanish by repeated listening to an entertaining story delivered sentence-by-sentence in English and Spanish...All foreign language translators, editors, and narrators are native speakers. Great care was taken with the translation to ensure fidelity to Latin American Spanish.

Kirsten and Ally were meant for each other. They go on a mission to kill Kirsten’s ex-lover. They enter one night, the lavish home of Makayla Dunn, her siblings, her dad, and her mother. And under the stark moon, there is a grizzly encounter. No one is spared, not even the pet dog named Sammy. But Dunn’s boyfriend and buddies appear, and are not very happy. There is yet a grizzlier encounter. And this one must confess sadly. For after it’s done there’s no more Kirsten and Ally.

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky is considered one of the greatest Russian writers. His works have had a profound and lasting effect on 20th-century literature. His psychological penetration into the human soul had, in novels like Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, a profound influence on the 20th century novel. He also wrote a number of brilliant short stories along these same lines. "The Wedding" is one of his best.

"The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was the second tale published in The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1903.

Watson visits Sherlock Holmes at Christmastime and finds him contemplating a battered old hat, brought to him by the commissionaire Peterson after it and a Christmas goose had been dropped by a man in a scuffle with some street ruffians. Peterson takes the goose home to eat it, but comes back later with a precious carbuncle that his wife found in the bird's crop.

Heat-filled lights brighten the city of Winchester for our protagonist, Jack Williams. Will the light blind him to the killer, or will the light guide him? Jack is an ex-inspector looking for his loved lost possession. Will he ever find what his heart desires?

When trouble comes a-waddling into the dark depths of Wingcherpster, there are only two ducks you can rely on in your time of need. Their names are: Mr Jerry Skimps and DCI Terry Duck, and together they are the Duck Crime Investigators! Read this exciting new story which has been brought to you by the same team who created; 'The Companionship in A Case Of O.C.D.', 'Soap Box Derby', 'Wags Wd: Episode 1 The Beginning', and 'Devon: A Year in Photographs'.