Join us for a discussion on our selected teen read—and of course, snacks! Books available for pick-up at EVPL Red Bank. NOTE: Future Teen Book Discussions will be on the 2nd Thursday of the month.
Our book for October is Truly, Devious, the first installment in Maureen Johnson's acclaimed Stevie Bell mystery series.
From the publisher:
Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. “A place,” he said, “where learning is a game.”
Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym “Truly, Devious.” It became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history.
True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester.
But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder.
The two interwoven mysteries of this first book in the Truly Devious series dovetail brilliantly, and Stevie Bell will continue her relentless quest for the murderers in books two and three.
Bring your book (a library copy or your own), and we will discuss the novel, enjoy some snacks, and pick up the book for November’s Teen Book Discussion.
AGE GROUP: | Young Adults (12-18) |
EVENT TYPE: | Books/Literature/Writing |
TAGS: | Teen activities | EVPL Red Bank | Book Discussion |
Opened in September of 1991, EVPL Red Bank is located just off the Lloyd Expressway at 120 S. Red Bank Rd. Renovated in 2006, EVPL Red Bank boasts a large meeting room, public access computers, as well as study rooms that are available to the public.
