Bøger af Suzanne Young

In her first book for middle grade readers, New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young brings together a thrilling ghost story, a heartfelt coming of age journey, and a poignant reminder that those we've loved and lost are never far away--perfect for fans of Bone Hollow and The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street.Twelve-year-old Calista Wynn will lose her ability to speak with the dead on her thirteenth birthday.And with only a few weeks left, children have started going missing.When Calista meets The Tall Lady--an angry spirit with a grudge against Calista, her family, and the entire town--she knows she's found the ghost responsible for the disappearances.It's up to Calista, the only one who can see The Tall Lady, to stop her. If she doesn't, Calista won't just lose her powers... she'll lose everyone she has left.

Edna Davies' Christmas preparations have been delayed by her having to tend to a husband immobilized with a fractured kneecap. Suddenly, the holiday is less than a week away and she doesn't even have a tree. Adding to her worries, a winter snowstorm threatens to strand her two youngest children in Colorado. When a new acquaintance is murdered and Mary Osbourne disappears, Edna's days are further complicated. Juggling family problems with the search for her friend, Edna meets a killer and may miss Christmas.

Edna Davies is distressed. She is suffering from the worst toothache she can remember, and her dentist can't help her. He is the prime suspect in a homicide, and his office has been sealed off as the crime scene. His guilt would mean he purposely led Edna into a trap, an act of betrayal she will not accept. As she attempts to learn the truth, she stumbles into a web of intrigue dating back ten years. With the help of a little stray terrier, she finds her answers, but nearly loses her life in the process.

Edna Davies is heading for the Providence Art Club when she spots a valuable heirloom brooch in the newly-tilled soil of a friend's yard. Her discovery helps to solve a 50-year-old mystery but it also precipitates a murder. As she tries to make sense of the killing, Edna realizes more than one person is hiding behind a false identity. Matching wits with extortionists, arsonists and frauds, she must determine who is friend and who is foe before another person dies.

This book addresses the challenges within teaching Criminology and Criminal Justice, for students studying and academics involved in designing and delivering courses at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. The book highlights a number of contemporary issues through a wide context of themes and reflections of practice. The chapters are arranged in thematic parts: firstly 'the challenges of diversity and inclusion' secondly 'challenges of creating authentic learning environments', and lastly 'the challenge of creating transformative conversation'. These themes discuss different teaching approaches and present materials which address questions relevant for meeting the challenges. The book focuses on the role and impact of teaching Criminology and Criminal Justice in the real world and explores debates which have autonomy in their questioning and overlapping themes. The narratives reflect upon others' experiences and explore transformative learning and innovation in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Beryl Fishen and Nadine Rodd, two "women of a certain age," live in a Colorado retirement community. After attending a performance at a local theater, Beryl mistakenly receives the wrong coat. An initial search of the pockets reveals only scraps of paper, but a closer examination leads Beryl to suspect the tattered garment was purposely swapped for her much newer wrap. Furious at the injustice and temerity of the act, Beryl enlists Nadine's help. Armed with the clues found in the coat-a grocery list, a library slip, a fast-food receipt and several candy wrappers-the two widows hunt for a thief and catch a killer.

Edna Davies is angry and worried. "Innocent until proven guilty" is the way our justice system works, but apparently not the way people react. Rose Beck was questioned repeatedly after the death of her husband, but she was never arrested, never charged. When Edna's nine-year-old granddaughter meets and befriends Rose's daughter, Edna must examine her own feelings. By ignoring the rumors, she may be endangering her family. If she were to shun the woman for no cause, she'd be going against her every instinct. A second death propels Edna into action as she is forced to seek the truth or face the consequences.

“Enough plot twists to give a reader whiplash.” —Cosmopolitan, on Girls with Sharp Sticks From New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young comes a thrilling, subversive series about a girls-only boarding school with a terrifying secret and the friends who will stop at nothing to protect each other.Some of the prettiest flowers have the sharpest thorns. The Girls of Innovations Academy are beautiful and well-behaved—it says so on their report cards. Under the watchful gaze of their Guardian, they receive a well-rounded education that promises to make them better. Obedient girls, free from arrogance or defiance. Free from troublesome opinions or individual interests. But the girls’ carefully controlled existence may not be quite as it appears. As Mena and her friends uncover the dark secrets of what’s actually happening there—and who they really are—the girls of Innovations Academy will learn to fight back. And only by depending on each other can they take a stand and finally be free. Make me a girl with a razor heart… There is no one who can save your rebel soul… ​This edge-of-your-seat, subversive paperback boxed set includes: Girls with Sharp Sticks Girls with Razor Hearts Girls with Rebel Souls

The girls make their final stand in this third and final novel in the thrilling, subversive near-future series from bestselling author Suzanne Young about a girls-only private school that is far more than it appears to be.

Mena and the other girls of Innovations Academy enroll in Ridgeview Prep, seeking revenge against the corporation that traumatized them at Innovations Academy, but they still face many obstacles.

In the near future at a girls-only private high school isolated in the Colorado mountains, Mena and her classmates--under the watchful eyes of their Guardian, professors, and analyst--are trained to be beautiful and obedient for their sponsors and investors.

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Seventeen-year-old Tatum Masterson has no memory of being in The Program, but when she starts experiencing crashbacks she knows something terrible happened last summer, and with help of the boyfriend she lost, Tatum digs into the past and future of The Program and its handlers, and discovers the true cost of a cure.

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