Although, let’s be real, what YA novel isn’t complicated?
Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
When Anna takes a trip to Aruba with her boyfriend, Tate, and best friend, Elise, things take a turn for the worst when Elise is found brutally murdered.
Simon Pulse
Far From You by Tess Sharpe
When Sophie Winter's best friend, Mina, is murdered by a masked man, the cops deem it as a drug deal gone wrong but Sophie knows there's more to the story.
Disney-Hyperion
The Death House by Sarah Pinborough
Toby lives in the Death House, where he, and the others who live there, are studied for any sign of sickness to determine if it's time to send them to the sanatorium where no one ever returns.
Titan Books
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
When Evie's father returns home from World War II, Evie soon realizes that he brought back more than just good war stories.
Scholastic Paperbacks
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