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Spirit Seeker

For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Spirit Seekerfrom four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon.

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Holly Campbell's life has suddenly become a newspaper-headline nightmare. The parents of her friend Cody Garnett have just been found in their home, brutally murdered, and Cody is the main suspect. Holly's father is the police detective in charge of the investigation, and even he thinks the evidence points right at Cody.

Holly knows it's up to her to prove what she believes it the truth: Cody is innocent. Against her father's wishes, secretly crossing the barrier of police tape and television reporters that surrounds the Garnetts' house, she begins her own investigation. Computer files, an odd neighbor, and a mysterious psychic—each might have the evidence Holly needs to help Cody. Or they could all be red herrings that will waste Holly's precious time.

A teenager seeking justice and her interactions with the spirit world make this spine-tingling new novel from the only four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award a surefire winner for mystery fans.

"Tightly plotted." -School Library Journal

"Enriched with family troubles, guilty secrets, and a whiff of the supernatural, this page-turner will please." -Kirkus Reviews

"Readers will enjoy." -Booklist

Audience
young adultchildrensmiddle grade
Length
medium · 208 pages

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