family secrets

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The girl in the headlines

"The morning after her eighteenth birthday, Andrea McNulty wakes up in a motel room, covered in blood and unable to remember what happened the previous night, only to discover that her parents were brutally attacked and she is the main suspect"--OCLC.

Pandora's legacy

When siblings Charlie, Janet, and Trevor accidentally break an old jar hidden in the woods, they release a cadre of monsters and must find a way to recapture them and uncover the truth about their family's history.

The things we cannot say

Told through alternating voices of Alice in present day and Alice's grandmother Alina in Nazi-occupied Poland, the story tells of Alina's struggle to survive the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II and years later her granddaughter Alice's journey to uncover the secrets of Alice's past that still affect their family in the present.

The truth

2018
"Chris and Carrie have been betrayed. Maddison has discovered the dark secret in her father's past. A cold case is suddenly hot and has changed from 'missing' to 'murder.' As a crime wave hists Archer's Grove and authorities struggle to catch the culprits, Chris, Carrie, and Maddison turn to the Kinsolvers' Aunt Elsie for answers. Can the notebooks she left behind illuminate this tangled web of lies, betrayals, and broken promises? Will the truth finally be uncovered?"--Proved by publisher.

Escalate

2018
Team Retribution has been contacted by a teen who is being blackmailed into handing over secrets from the family business. Jace, with the help of his brother, Bentley, start to investigate and soon learn that the teen's family, like his own, is not what it appears to be. Jace, after learning he was switched at birth, then sets out to track down his birth family.

Who's Ju?

"Justina 'Ju' Feliciano and her fellow seventh-grade sleuths are on the case! A sneaky vandal has damaged scenery from the middle school drama club production and the newbie detectives must catch the culprit before opening night. But Ju faces a completely different kind of mystery when a genetics assignment forces her to investigate the cold hard fact that her frizzy blonde hair and amber eyes don't match the shades of brown that run in her family. This is one case she wishes she didn't have to solve. Only there's no escaping the Blueprint of Life Project, so Ju searches the attic for family documents she needs to complete her schoolwork. Instead, she discovers strange clues that make her wonder if her parents are keeping a huge secret"--Amazon.com.

Oreimo

2012
High school student Kyousuke does not get along with his fourteen-year-old sister, but when he finds out her secret, he wonders if they may become friends.

Coco

"Join Miguel and his dog, Dante, as they solve a family mystery"--Back cover.

Solo

Seventeen-year-old Blade, who endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past to navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.

Oreimo

2013
Despite her hateful attitude toward him, Kyosuke goes out of his way to defend his sister Kirono's collection of anime DVDs and erotic video games and to keep her secret from her mean-girl friends.

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