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SKYJACKED by Paul Griffin Scholastic Press, 2019 ISBN:  978-1-338-04741-7 Source: purchased Ages 11-15 Middle grade thriller/adventure All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK Six friends who attend Manhattan's elite Hartwell Academy are returning from an end-of-summer camping trip together on a private plane. Everything seems normal... except one of the regular pilots is sick, so there's a replacement; Cassie is starting to get violently ill for no clear reason; and they realize the plane is flying west, not east. Soon it's clear: the plane has been hijacked. But by who, and why? Where are they going? What made Cassie so sick? And even if they somehow make it into the cockpit and overpower the hijacker, could they land the plane? Emotions are running high, and choosing who to trust is a matter of life or death.     REVIEW   Skyjacked takes the reader on a thriller of a ride.  Five teena...

THE STONE CHILD by Dan Poblocki Random House Books for Young Readers, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-375-84255-9 Middle Grade Thriller (scary) Source; purchased All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK What if the monsters from your favorite horror books were real? Eddie Fennicks has always been a loner, content to lose himself in a mystery novel by his favorite author, Nathaniel Olmstead. That’s why moving to the small town of Gatesweed becomes a dream come true when Eddie discovers that Olmstead lived there before mysteriously disappearing thirteen years ago. Even better, Eddie finds a handwritten, never-before-seen Nathaniel Olmstead book printed in code and befriends Harris, who’s as much an Olmsteady as he is. But then the frightening creatures of Olmstead’s books begin to show up in real life, and Eddie’s dream turns into a nightmare. Eddie, Harris, and their new friend, Maggie, must break Olmstead’s code, banish all gremlins and monster lake-dogs from th...

THE GHOST OF GRAYLOCK by Dan Poblocki Scholastic Press, 2012 ISBN: 9780545402682 Middle Grade Thriller Grades 4 and up Source: purchased All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK Does an abandoned asylum hold the key to a frightful haunting? Everyone's heard the stories about Graylock Hall. It was meant to be a place of healing - a hospital where children and teenagers with mental disorders would be cared for and perhaps even cured. But something went wrong. Several young patients died under mysterious circumstances. Eventually, the hospital was shut down, the building abandoned and left to rot deep in the woods. As the new kid in town, Neil Cady wants to see Graylock for himself. Especially since rumor has it that the building is haunted. He's got fresh batteries in his flashlight, a camera to document the adventure, and a new best friend watching his back. Neil might think he's prepared for what he'll find in the dark and decr...