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You’ll soon be cautious of who’s on the other line after you read The Night She Disappeared. One of The New York Times best-selling authors, April Henry, takes you on a long, genuine thriller that'll leave your heart racing from the first to last page in her mystery book The Night She Disappeared. Gabie is a pizza delivery girl along with Kayla. One night Kayla does on a delivery not knowing the trouble that lies ahead. Without hesitation she takes the order and goes out and that's the last time she was seen. Gabie is shocked by the fact that it was supposed to be her order, she was suppose to be the one that was kidnapped. Now she’ll stop at nothing to prove she is still alive, but will she find her on time?

Have you ever been on a sixty-second elevator ride with three rules and one gun? Well, you will soon find out what it feels like when you read the book Long Way Down, which is about an inner-city boy named Will whose brother has just been shot. Long Way Down is a novel in verse, which may sound boring, but once you pick this book up you won’t want to put it back down. The author Jason Reynolds wants young people to feel visible and heard. Even though he has won many awards for his books, as he puts it, “none are as important as the young people saying they feel seen.” The Long Way Down is a rollercoaster of emotions filled with clever word play. As you read you get to follow along and see how the rules control this community and affect many lives as “beef gets passed down” from generation to generation and no end in sight. Will has a choice to make: to follow the rules or be the person to put an end to it…