Pageturners Suspense
These short novels provide plenty of choices for readers to strengthen their fluency skills. Each of the six different genres deal with mature themes involving culturally diverse characters. Each title includes comprehension questions that deal with: recall, vocabulary, character analysis, cause and effect, drawing conclusions, and noting details.
Boneyard
The town’s Museum of the Macabre features a chilling new exhibit of human bones and skeletons. The owner claims they’re all fake—but journalist Wilma Roberts believes otherwise.
Lexile:410
The Cold, Cold Shoulder
Freddy Paine has disappeared! Two of his roommates begin to investigate. The manager of their boarding house brushes off the boys’ questions. Others just seem disinterested, until they find the body!
Lexile:370
The Girl Who Had Everything
Most of the kids at school are jealous of Alexandra. She’s rich beyond most people’s wildest dreams, but no one could guess how lonely she is. And being alone is dangerous.
Lexile:290
Hamlet’s Trap
Everyone says that his father’s recent death was caused by a “careless accident.” But Justin simply doesn’t believe it. And his mother’s engagement to her old boyfriend further raises his suspicions.
Lexile:370
Roses Red as Blood
Julie is worried about the frightening change in her fiancé’s personality. Why has he suddenly become so angry and suspicious? Looking for a shoulder to cry on, she confides in her pal Zeke.
Lexile:410
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