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The Amateurs
by Sara Shepard (Author)

Booktalk: As soon as Seneca Frazier sees the post on the Case Not Closed website about Helena Kelly, she’s hooked. Helena’s high-profile disappearance five years earlier is the one that originally got Seneca addicted to true crime. It’s the reason she’s a member of the site in the first place.

So when Maddy Wright, her best friend from the CNC site, invites Seneca to spend spring break in Connecticut looking into the cold case, she immediately packs her bag. But the moment she steps off the train in trendy, glamorous Dexby, things begin to go wrong. Maddy is nothing like she expected, and Helena’s sister, Aerin Kelly, seems completely hostile and totally uninterested in helping with their murder investigation.

Snippet: Aerin watched as Seneca’s fork slipped from her fingers to the table. Before anyone could say a word, she whipped around and fled the cafe. Aerin started after her, then glanced over her shoulder at Brett. “Next time you’ve got a secret about someone, ask first if she wants you to spill it.”

Brett looked like he was going to start bawling. “I didn’t know you were standing there!”

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The Hawkweed Prophecy
by Irena Brignull (Author)

Booktalk: Poppy Hooper and Ember Hawkweed couldn’t lead more different lives. Poppy is a troubled teen: moving from school to school, causing chaos wherever she goes, never making friends or lasting connections. Ember is a young witch, struggling to find a place within her coven and prove her worth. Both are outsiders: feeling like they don’t belong and seeking escape.

Poppy and Ember soon become friends, and secretly share knowledge of their two worlds. Little do they know that destiny has brought them together: an ancient prophecy, and a life-changing betrayal. Growing closer, they begin to understand why they’ve never belonged and the reason they are now forever connected to each other.

Snippet: After school Poppy found Leo. She had guarded her news within her all day long, but she wanted to badly to release it. For years she’d existed in a blur of confusion and doubt, but now she had clarity. At last her life made sense. She felt like a whole new person and longed to introduce herself.