Recommendations based on The Girl Who Was Supposed to Dieby April Henry

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  1. Girl, Stolen

    by April Henry
    A blind girl is kidnapped by mistake and must use her wits to survive.

    Sixteen-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of the car while her stepmom fills a prescription for antibiotics. Before Cheyenne realizes what's happening, the car is being stolen. Griffin ... (Goodreads)

  2. Cloaked

    by Alex Flinn
    A modern retelling of "The Frog Prince" where a teenage girl must break a curse to save her family's hotel.

    Alex Flinn,, New York Times, #1 bestseller, is back with more magical modernized fairy tales! These three present-day takes on classic stories appear in one collection for the first time., Cloaked,: ... (Barnes & Noble)

  3. Better Off Friends

    by Elizabeth Eulberg
    Two best friends navigate the ups and downs of high school and their changing feelings for each other.

    For Macallan and Levi, it was friends at first sight. Everyone says guys and girls can’t be just friends, but these two are. They hang out after school, share tons of inside jokes, their families are ... (Goodreads)

  4. The Madness Underneath

    by Maureen Johnson
    After surviving a ghost attack, Rory returns to London and becomes entangled in a new mystery involving a secret society and a dangerous ghost.

    After her near-fatal run-in with the Jack the Ripper copycat, Rory Deveaux has been living in Bristol under the close watch of her parents. So when her therapist suddenly suggests she return to ... (Goodreads)

  5. The Bungalow

    by Sarah Jio
    A young nurse falls in love with a soldier during World War II, but their romance is cut short. Years later, she returns to the island where they met and uncovers secrets from the past.

    A sweeping World War II saga of thwarted love, murder, and a long-lost painting. In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on ... (Goodreads)

  6. The Private School Murders

    by James Patterson
    Wealthy students at a prestigious private school are being murdered, and detective Cross must solve the case before it's too late.

    In the sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Confessions of a Murder Suspect , James Patterson keeps the confessions coming breathlessly as Tandy Angel delves deeper into her own tumultuous ... (Goodreads)

  7. Belly Up

    by Stuart Gibbs
    When the hippopotamus at FunJungle theme park dies, Teddy Fitzroy investigates and uncovers a dangerous plot.

    12 year old Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Fitzroy has got a murder on his hands and trouble on his tail. Henry, the hippopatamus at the brand-new nationally known FunJungle, has gone belly up. Even ... (Goodreads)

  8. The Initiate

    by Veronica Roth
    A young girl must navigate a dangerous initiation process to join a secret society and uncover the truth about her family's past.

    The Initiate provides readers with a glimpse into Tobias's Dauntless initiation experience, including an epic game of late-night Dare; his first tattoo; the beginning of his passion for training new ... (Goodreads)

  9. After Ever After

    by Jordan Sonnenblick
    A humorous and heartwarming story about a boy who survived cancer and now faces the challenges of middle school.

    Jeff is a little baby child in remission. Even though cancer should be far behind him, Jeff still worries that it will return. He has got normal teen stuff to deal with, too - friends, parents, ... (Wikipedia)

  10. The Gravity of Us

    by Brittainy C. Cherry
    A heart-wrenching love story between two broken souls, who find solace in each other's company and learn to heal together.

    Graham Russell and I weren’t made for one another. I was driven by emotion; he was apathetic. I dreamed while he lived in nightmares. I cried when he had no tears to shed. Despite his frozen heart ... (Goodreads)

  11. Loving Mr. Daniels

    by Brittainy C. Cherry
    High school student, Ashlyn, falls in love with her music teacher, Mr. Daniels, and they navigate the challenges of their forbidden relationship.

    To Whom it May Concern, It was easy to call us forbidden and harder to call us soulmates. Yet I believed we were both. Forbidden soulmates. When I arrived to Edgewood, Wisconsin I didn’t plan to find ... (Goodreads)

  12. Crimson Bound

    by Rosamund Hodge
    A retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, where Rachelle is a blood-bound protector of the kingdom, fighting against evil forces and her own dark desires.

    When Rachelle was fifteen she was good—apprenticed to her aunt and in training to protect her village from dark magic. But she was also reckless— straying from the forest path in search of a way to ... (Goodreads)

  13. Deep Blue

    by Jennifer Donnelly
    Haunted by tragedy, a talented musician struggles to find her voice and purpose in life. A journey of self-discovery and healing.

    Deep in the ocean, in a world not so different from our own, live the merpeople. Their communities are spread throughout the oceans, seas, and freshwaters all over the globe. When Serafina, a mermaid ... (Barnes & Noble)

  14. The Abduction

    by John Grisham
    A young girl is kidnapped and her family hires a lawyer to negotiate with the abductor.

    13-year-old Theodore Boone's best friend April is not happy with her life. Her mother is a neglective hippie and her father leaves her mother and her at home for days on end to tour with his band. ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Kissed by an Angel/The Power of Love/Soulmates

    by Elizabeth Chandler
    A trilogy of young adult romance novels that follow the love story of Tristan and Ivy, even after death.

    An angelic romantic suspense trilogy in one volume! Kissed by an Angel : Ivy and Tristan have the love of a lifetime–until Tristan dies in a car accident. Now Tristan returns as an angel, but Ivy is ... (Goodreads)

  16. Tell Me Three Things

    by Julie Buxbaum
    A high school student's journey to find comfort and understanding in a new town and school.

    Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that’s what it feels like during her first week of junior year at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Just when she’s thinking about ... (Goodreads)

  17. The Enemy

    by Charlie Higson
    A deadly virus has wiped out all adults, leaving children to fend for themselves against a new, terrifying enemy - each other.

    Charlie Higson's The Enemy is the first in a jaw-dropping zombie horror series for teens. Everyone over the age of fourteen has succumbed to a deadly zombie virus and now the kids must keep ... (Goodreads)

  18. Hatchet

    by Gary Paulsen
    A boy must learn to survive in the wilderness after a plane crash leaves him stranded.

    Brian Robeson is a thirteen-year-old son of divorced parents. As he travels from Hampton, New York on a single engine Cessna bush plane to visit his father in the oil fields in Northern Canada for ... (Wikipedia)

  19. The Skin I'm In

    by Sharon G. Flake
    A teenage girl's journey to self-acceptance and understanding in a society that values conformity.

    Miss Saunders, whose skin is blotched with a rare skin condition, serves as a mirror to Maleeka Madison's struggle against the burden of low self-esteem that many black girls face when they're darker ... (Goodreads)

  20. The Candymakers

    by Wendy Mass
    Four children compete in a candy-making competition, but secrets and surprises threaten to unravel their plans.

    Four children have been chosen to compete in a national competition to find the tastiest confection in the country. Who will invent a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon ... (Goodreads)

  21. I Am the Cheese

    by Robert Cormier
    Teenage boy's search for the truth of his past, uncovering a web of lies and government conspiracies.

    The novel opens with protagonist Adam Farmer biking from his home in the fictional town of Monument, Massachusetts , (based on Cormier's home town of Leominster, Massachusetts [,citation needed,] ) ... (Wikipedia)

  22. Princess of the Midnight Ball

    by Jessica Day George
    A retelling of the classic fairy tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" where a young soldier must break a curse that plagues a family of princesses.

    Princess Rose and her sisters Lily, Jonquil, Hyacinth, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Iris, Lilac, Orchid, Pansy, and Petunia are trapped in a curse. Every third night, they have to dance at the Midnight Ball ... (Wikipedia)

  23. The Name of the Star

    by Maureen Johnson
    A teenager's supernatural adventure through the streets of London, confronting dark forces of the past.

    Jack the Ripper is back, and he's coming for Rory next.... Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London to start a new life at boarding school just as a series of brutal murders mimicking the ... (Goodreads)

  24. The People of Sparks

    by Jeanne DuPrau
    After fleeing their underground city, Lina and Doon lead their people to a new town, but tensions arise with the locals.

    The story resumes after the evacuation of Ember, an underground city, which has been cut off from the surface for more than 200 years. The 400+ refugees from the city cannot return, as the city's ... (Wikipedia)

  25. The Bitter Kingdom

    by Rae Carson
    The final book in the trilogy follows Elisa as she battles to save her kingdom and the people she loves from destruction.

    “I love this series to pieces and so should you.”—Marie Lu, bestselling author of Warcross The third book in Rae Carson’s award-winning and, New York Times,–bestselling trilogy! In the deeply ... (Barnes & Noble)

  26. The Fall of Five

    by Pittacus Lore
    The Lorien Legacies continue as the Garde face their toughest challenge yet. Betrayal, action, and suspense ensue.

    The Fall of Five opens with Sam, reliving his experience of torture from Setrákus Ra. He is then taken to Dulce Base before being rescued by Adam, a mogadorian, and his father, Malcolm. Adam holds ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Thirteen

    by Steve Cavanagh
    A serial killer is on trial, but the real killer is on the jury. Can defense lawyer Eddie Flynn stop them before it's too late?

    In, Thirteen, the third novel in international bestselling author Steve Cavanagh's Eddie Flynn series, a juror sows reasonable doubt to ensure an innocent man is found guilty.,, If you can’t beat the ... (Barnes & Noble)

  28. Heat

    by Mike Lupica
    A young basketball player discovers his passion and potential as he navigates the world of competitive sports.

    Michael Arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat along with aspirations of leading his team all the way to the Little League World Series. But his firepower is nothing compared to the heat ... (Goodreads)

  29. The Rise of Nine

    by Pittacus Lore
    A group of nine extraordinary teens join forces to save the world from an alien invasion.

    Marina and Six, along with Ella (previously unknown member of the Garde) and Crayton (her Cêpan) are on a plane heading towards India, where they hope to find another member of the Garde: Number ... (Wikipedia)

  30. The Crown of Embers

    by Rae Carson
    A princess must use her courage and wit to save her kingdom and find a path to her destiny.

    “Carson joins the ranks of writers like Kristin Cashore, Megan Whalen Turner, and Tamora Pierce as one of YA’s best writers of high fantasy.”— Locus Magazine The second book in Rae Carson’s ... (Barnes & Noble)