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These thrilling teen novels will keep readers up on hot summer nights.

All the Pretty Things by Emily Arsenault. Delacorte. ISBN 9781984897053.

After amusement park employee Ethan is discovered dead just outside the park and Ivy’s best friend Morgan is found unwell at the top of the Ferris wheel in the middle of the night, Ivy wonders, what more does she not understand about the park staff?

All Eyes on Her by L.E Flynn. Imprint. ISBN 9781250158178.

Tabby and her boyfriend go on a hike in the woods and only Tabby returns.

I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick. S. & S./Margaret K. McElderry Bks. ISBN 9781534449701.

When Anna arrives in the small beach community of Herron Mills to work for the Bellamy family and care for their daughter, she is instantly singled out for bearing a strong resemblance to a local girl, Zoe Spanos, who is missing.

Spin by Lamar Giles. Scholastic. ISBN 9781338219210.

DJ Paris Secord's meteoric rise to fame is cut brutally short, however, when she is murdered before a show. Though Kya and Fuse have both fallen out with Paris, they are pulled back into her orbit when they discover her body.

The Girl in the White Van by April Henry. Holt. ISBN 9781250157591.

One night after kung fu class, a stranger accosts Savannah in a deserted parking garage and takes her to a mobile home where she meets Jenny, another girl he kidnapped months before.

The Silence of Bones by June Hur. Feiwel & Friends. ISBN 9781250229557.

Sixteen-year-old Seol’s parents have died, and as the youngest of three siblings, she has been sent to Hanyang, the capital of the southern province of the Korean peninsula, to work and to look for her long-lost brother who is assumed dead.

Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson. HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Bks. ISBN 9780062840325.

After Steph is fatally shot, his sister, Jasmine, and friends Quadir and Jarrell refuse to let his dreams of becoming a rapper die with him.

Somebody Told Me by Mia Siegert. Carolrhoda. ISBN 9781541578197.

When they start to feel unsafe after an assault, bigender teen Alexis/Aleks makes the difficult decision to go stay with their uncle, a Catholic priest, for the summer. After overhearing him absolve another priest for a heinous criminal act, Alexis/Aleks cannot stay silent.

The June Boys by Court Stevens. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780785221906.

For almost 10 years, the Gemini Thief periodically abducts three boys in June and keeps them captive but unharmed for a full year. Thea Delacroix suspects the kidnapper may be close to home.

Jane Anonymous by Laurie Faria Stolarz. St. Martin’s/Wednesday Bks. ISBN 9781250303707.

Seventeen-year-old “Jane” was popping into work for a last-minute gift when she was abducted. Jane is back home with her family now, but she left part of herself behind.