Norah McClintock

"Cady knows what she wants--to be a reporter--but her investigation into a long-ago murder earns her a hard lessonin race relations. When she pokes a stick into a wasp's nestof lies, dirty politics, corrupt law enforcement and racial tension, she ends up fearing for her life as she closes in on the truth about her origins"--Back cover.

No one is more surprised than Rennie to hear that his late grandfather, whom he hardly knew, has left a mission for him to fulfill. Rennie is to fly to Iceland and deliver a message from beyond the grave, but when he gets there, nothing is simple or straightforward. For one thing, Brynja, the teenage daughter of the family he's staying with, is downright hostile. Her father Einar, who is to be Rennie's guide in Iceland, is preoccupied with looking...

"Please," I said. It was all I had the chance to say. He looked at me, then at the stairs behind me. He rushed at me and pushed hard, throwing me off balance. I reeled backward, stumbled over, and started to fall. After a homeless man dies during a cold winter night, Robyn and her friends work to uncover who the man was before his time on the streets. They have only two clues to guide them: a class ring and an old photograph that the man left behind....

Ethan has a secret that someone is willing to kill for.

Jojo returns to his neighborhood after serving time for a violent crime and tries to rebuild his life while others wish only to do him harm.

"Robyn's scared of dogs -- like, really scared. But she agrees to spend her summer working at an animal shelter anyway. (It's a long story.) Robyn soon discovers that many juvenile offenders also volunteer at the shelter -- including Nick Di'Angelo, a boy from Robyn's past. A boy she hoped never to see again. Nick has a talent for getting into trouble, but after his latest arrest, Robyn suspects that he just might be innocent. And she sets out to...

Riley Donovan is the new kid in a small town where her aunt (and guardian) has just started a job as a detective on the town's police force.

Riley is home alone when a neighbor's barn catches on fire; when she realizes that he is trapped in the barn, she calls 9-1-1 and then tries to save him. But instead of being hailed as a hero, Riley finds herself the target of vandalism and violence. Never one to back away from a confrontation,

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Robyn Hunter learns that her friend, Nick, is involved with a group of people who are smuggling immigrants into the country, and her life is put in danger when she decides to try and help him.

When her stepsister, Trisha, disappears, Robyn feels responsible and sets out to find Trisha, unaware of how dangerous life on the streets is and what danger Robyn is putting both herself and Trisha in.